Hybrid-bus * Canada - Savings coming up short
Fuel use reduced by half as much as makers claimed
Victoria,British Columbia,Canada -The Times Colonist, by Joanne Hatherly -November 10, 2008: -- The capital region's diesel-electric hybrid buses are falling far short of the 20 to 30 per cent fuel savings promised by the manufacturer, according to B.C. Transit... The Toronto Transit Commission's recent announcement that it was switching back from hybrids to diesel-only buses due to problems with batteries raised the question of how well Victoria's hybrid buses are performing... Aaron Lamb, fleet director for B.C. Transit, said the hybrid buses are showing a savings of 10 to 13 per cent, less than half of the manufacturer's claim of savings between 20 and 30 per cent. B.C. Transit arrived at that figure after running one of each type of bus on an identical route... However, Victoria's buses are not experiencing any battery problems. The TTC buses run on lead-acid batteries, while B.C. Transit's batteries are nickel-metal hydride. TTC buses are saving on fuel costs at the same rate as B.C. Transit hybrids... The Victoria buses are built by New Flyer in Winnipeg, Man., while the TTC buses were built by Daimler. Transit obtained six buses in 2005 as a pilot project: Three operate in Kelowna and three in Victoria... (Photograph by : Debra Brash, Times Colonist - The region's electric-diesel hybrid buses are saving on fuel, but not as much as the manufacturer claimed)Labels: hybrid buses
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