BUSMAKERS' NEWS * UK - Smith Electric Vehicles support London bus fleet
Washington, Tyne & Wear,UK -The Green Car Website, by Faye Sunderland -October 13, 2009: -- Bus operator Go-Ahead London has taken delivery of its first Smith Edison vans, following a successful month-long trial of the technology... Produced by Smith Electric Vehicles in Washington, Tyne & Wear, the vans are used as support vehicles to keep London’s bus fleet running and are a key element in Go-Ahead London’s environmental programme, ‘Go Green’... Go-Ahead London, which already operates six hybrid diesel-electric buses, is to be the first bus company in London to operate electric support vehicles. The Smith Edison is a pure electric version of the Ford Transit van. Its lithium-ion batteries deliver top speed of 50mph, a range of up to 100 miles on a single charge and can be recharged from flat to full in 6-8 hours... (Picture from roadtransport: A Smith's van )* Brazil - Volvo To Sell 100 Bi-Articulated Buses To Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo,Brazil -Automotive Business Review (London,UK) -15 October 2009: -- Volvo Buses has received an order for 100 bi-articulated Volvo B9SALF buses to Sao Paulo in Brazil and an order for a further 84 articulated buses for the BRT system in Bogota, Colombia... The company said that an increasing number of cities are choosing to invest in BRT (Bus Rapid Transit), a bus-based transport system with high passenger capacity that facilitates boarding and disembarking from buses .. Volvo has received its first order for the bus in Latin America. Grupo Ruas, one of Brazil's bus operators, has purchased 100 bi-articulated Volvo B9SALF buses for Sao Paulo... (Photo from volvo.com: Buses Urbanos)Labels: busmakers' news worldwide
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