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Hybrid Buses * USA - For Dayton RTA to roll out

A new fleet of eco-friendly buses will soon hit Dayton streets

Dayton,FL,USA -The Dayton Business Journal -March 25, 2010: -- The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority is rolling out 10 new hybrid buses within the next two weeks... The hybrids, which cost about $525,000 each, are expected to save 10 percent in fuel costs. They were paid for by a combination of stimulus money and air quality grant funding from the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, said Mark Donaghy, executive director of RTA... RTA has 10 more hybrid buses on order, which are expected to arrive this fall. It has a total of 275 buses in its fleet, including 54 electric trolleys... The official hybrid bus rollout will take place April 5 at the Wright Stop Plaza Transit Center in downtown Dayton... RTA provides about 11.5 million rides a year in the Dayton region... (Photo: Business Wire - The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority's newest fleet of buses)

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Cleanest Ethanol Buses * Sweden - World Première in Stockholm Traffic

Scania’s Latest Ones

Stockholm,Sweden -BUSINESS WIRE -November 08, 2007: -- Scania is now delivering the first 10 buses featuring its third generation ethanol engines to Busslink, which is responsible for bus traffic in central Stockholm on behalf of Stockholm Transport (SL). Compared to a city bus run on diesel fuel, an ethanol bus reduces fossil carbon dioxide emissions by up to 90 per cent... The transport company Busslink has more than 15 years’ experience of ethanol buses and today has a fleet of 330 ethanol buses in operation... (Photo wikipedia.org: Pedestrian crossing with a Stockholm's Busslink public transport bus at Sergels torg, Stockholm, Sweden. The Hötorgsskraporna buildings are in the background)

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"GREEN" NEWS * Sweden - Scania ethanol hybrid buses

A leading manufacturer of trucks and buses, Scania, announces world premiere ethanol hybrid bus concept of the future for public transportation.

Stockholm,Sweden -Jobwerx (Seattle,WA,USA) -15 May 2007: -- A full-size low-floor city bus that cuts fossil CO2 emissions by up to 90 percent if fuelled with ethanol and saves at least 25 percent fuel – that’s the essence of Scania's hybrid bus concept. The concept bus is conceived to make a major contribution towards sustainable public transport... (Photo: Scania - Scania's concept bus will make its debut in Helsinki May 21 - 2007)

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