* Sweden - Hybricon bus wins Elmia Future Transport award
Umea,Sweden -Automotive World -October 07, 2011: -- Hybricon, the Swedish co-developer of the Arctic Whisper fast charged hybrid bus, has won the Future Transport Award in the category of Public Transport at the Elmia Future Transport Fair in Sweden... Two Arctic Whisper buses are currently undergoing testing in Umea, Sweden with initial passenger revenue service beginning "soon"... The Arctic Whisper e-Traction bus is billed as the world's first fast-charged hybrid bus. Its developers say it combines the zero local emissions benefits of an electric bus with the reliability of a diesel... The Bůsbaar charging station provided by Opbrid is located at one end of an Umea bus route and fast charges the bus for a few minutes at the end of each trip, thus extending the all-electric range of the e-Traction hybrid bus to 18 hours. And, since this is a serial hybrid bus with a backup diesel generator, the bus can continue running on diesel or bio-diesel in case of brown-outs, traffic jams, or very cold weather...
* UK - British Airways Introduces New E.V. Bus Technologies at Heathrow
(Photo by Valence Technology: The purely electric Solo EV bus, which transports British Airways employees from Terminal 5 to the company’s head office, is equipped with a lithium-phosphate battery produced in Austin, Tex., by Valence Technology)
New York,NY,USA -New York Times, by Jim Witkin -September 23, 2011: -- Earlier this year BAA, the company that operates London's Heathrow Airport, began a first-of-its-kind electric pod car service to carry passengers between Terminal 5 and outlying parking lots. This month the 25-seat Solo EV, the first full-size, all-electric bus at a British airport, went into operation to move British Airways personnel between Terminal 5 and the company's head office a few miles away. The bus is projected to cover 50 to 60 miles daily and reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by about 20 tons annually. Solo EV is powered by a 600-volt lithium-phosphate battery system made by Valence Technology, Austin, TX...
* UK - One-third of Reading’s bus fleet is now electric driven
Reading,Berkshire,UK -The Recruit Group -September 26, 2011: -- Reading Buses now has the highest proportion of electric hybrid double deck buses in its fleet in the UK. Chief Executive Officer, James Freeman, said that when a further four are delivered later in the week Reading Buses will have a total of 31 electric hybrid double deckers... This meant that one-third of the double-decker fleet would be electric hybrid powered which he believed was the highest proportion in the country... Thirteen vivid purple hybrid double deck buses will operate the 17 route from Saturday October 1. This means that Reading Buses now has three routes all with hybrid buses – seven on the Yellow 26, nine on the Claret 20, 20a and 21 into the University of Reading every 7-8 minutes; and two buses in the Company’s silver generic livery as back-up... Mr. Freeman told visitors that the hybrid had a diesel engine, but it was the electric motor that drove the bus. It generated one-third less carbon raising its green credentials and used at least 22.5% less fuel for a greater economic performance...Labels: electric buses services
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