BUSMAKERS' NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* UK - TfL Orders 50 More Hybrid Buses from Volvo and Alexander Dennis
London,UK -Green Car Congress (USA) -29 March 2010: -- Transport for London (TfL) will buy its latest batch of 50 hybrid buses from two vendors: Volvo (20 buses to be operated by Arriva) and Alexander Dennis (ADL) (10 to be operated by Metroline and 20 to be operated by London United). The buses are expected to enter service by the end of the year... There are currently 56 hybrid buses operating in London; a further six hybrid buses are on order and will be joining the bus fleet in 2010... The new buses are a key element of TfL’s strategy to increase hybrid buses on London’s roads. By next year, TfL expect to have 300 hybrid buses operating and by 2012 all new buses coming on to London’s roads will be hybrids... The Mayor has set a target of reducing CO2 emissions by 60% by 2025 from 1990 levels... (Photo from alexander-dennis: An Alexander Dennis bus)* South Africa - Last chassis comes off-line in World Cup bus order
East London,SA -Engineering News, by Irma Venter -31 March 2010: -- Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) on Tuesday delivered the last chassis in the order for 460 buses from the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa), for use during the 2010 FIFA World Cup... The chassis came off-line at the company’s East London plant... Some of the chassis were still being fitted with bus bodies by MBSA’s Johannesburg-based partner, Marcopolo, with the completion date for the full contract set for May... The order include 168 inter-city coaches and 292 semi-luxury coaches... The 460 buses, including 44 from another manufacturer, are being financed through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, in a six-year deal worth R1,2-billion... (Picture by Irma Venter - The last 2010 bus chassis to come off-line in East London)* India - Ashok Leyland has converted 761 BEST buses to now run on CNG
Mumbai,India -Livemint/TWSJ -30 March 2010: -- The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking (BEST) and Ashok Leyland, today joined hands to implement a green initiative in BEST’s bus fleet... Under this initiative, Ashok Leyland has converted 761 BEST buses to now run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), a press release said here... Currently, over 6,500 CNG buses from Ashok Leyland are in operation in the country, the release said... (Photo from Ashkok Leyland: A 12 M Bus - BS II)* USA - Thomas Built Rolls Out Hybrid Buses
High Point,N.C.,USA -WXII12, by PAM HAYNES -April 2, 2010: -- Thomas Built Buses manufacturer recently released a hybrid school bus onto the market, known formerly as the Saf-T-Liner C2^e diesel-electric hybrid. The bus uses a regenerative technology that cuts the amount of fuel usage by using some electrical power... Each time the accelerator is pressed on the hybrid bus, it runs on electrical power for the first one-eighth of a mile. After that, the diesel fuel system kicks in. The buses also look and operate the same as a regular diesel bus... The system has a “30 percent better fuel economy” than the standard diesel bus, which should save school districts big bucks in fuel expenses. But going greener isn’t always cheaper in the beginning...Labels: busmakers' news worldwide
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