NEW TECHNO-BUSES * USA - Fisher Coachworks Raises Cash for Lightweight Hybrid Buses
Troy, Mich,USA -earth2tech, by David Ehrlich -January 29, 2009: -- Troy, Mich.-based Fisher Coachworks has raised $3.2 million for its new lightweight plug-in hybrid buses... Hybrid buses are becoming a common sight in bus fleets around the world, but Fisher is developing a bus using lightweight stainless steel that it says is half the weight and gets at least twice the fuel efficiency of current hybrid models... The company is planning to invest $7 million to set up a factory in Livonia, Mich., to produce the new buses, creating 539 new jobs... The heart of the new bus design is Nitronic stainless steel from West Chester, Ohio-based AK Steel... Fisher said the steel is high-strength and corrosion-resistant; the company uses it for all of the major body components of the bus, as well as the suspension, fasteners and others... The lightweight bus was developed over the last seven years by Autokinetics of Rochester Hills, Mich., with $2.5 million in funding from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory... Fisher licensed the design from Autokinetics for use in transit and delivery vehicles, and is working with Autokinetics, Oak Ridge and others on the bus...Labels: hybrid buses
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