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12.10.10

Electric Buses * USA - En Route To Sustainable Development

All-electric buses are coming to a bus stop near you -- or at least, nearer than ever before

New York,NY,USA -Justmens -8 October 2010: ...   The U.S. are testing and accepting a variety of all-electric transit vehicles...   One reason electric buses are now appearing on local streets in the U.S. is that their batteries can be charged in just a few minutes, instead of the hours required by older energy-storage technologies... With recent improvements in electric drive train technology, battery-powered buses can now operate on the exact same routes and the exact same schedules as conventionally powered diesel or even compressed natural gas (CNG) buses... Now they carry their own motive power, and in fact regenerate more power every time they roll down a hill or put on the brakes... For example, Foothill Transit, based in West Covina, CA, was recently awarded six million dollars under the federal government's economic stimulus program to begin operating a new electric transit bus line. Three new buses have already begun carrying passengers around town, and Foothill has an option to purchase nine more electric buses if and when the first three prove their value... These new heavy-duty, all electric, fast-charging buses have raised expectations that electric vehicles can provide the means to convert public transit systems from large polluters to environmentally friendly operations... (Photo: Web Proterra Charging Station)

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