Hybrid Double Decker Buses * UK - Rolling Out In London
London,UK -Green Car, by Noel Kuhlman -11 Nov, 2008: -- A few of London’s iconic double-decker buses are going to get a green treatment soon. Fitted with BAE’s diesel-electric hybrid powertrains, the new buses will be sporting a green leaf insignia across its familiar red paint exterior... Having already seen successful adoption in North American public transportation system, over 1500 of similarly-rigged buses are already plying their routes in New York, San Francisco, Houston, Toronto, and Ottawa... The HybriDrive propulsion system uses a generator, lithium ion battery, electric motor and a regenerative braking system to power the buses. A computerized propulsion control system manages power delivery to the electric drive. The electric motor on the new London units will be about half the size of those currently used in North American buses... 
According to BAE, the 1500 bus units they currently have rolled out has already saved over five million gallons of diesel and over 50,000 tons of carbon emissions. The first 17 evaluation units will be used by transport operators Metrobus and Transport For London...Labels: hybrid double decker buses
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