In brief: Worldwide montly news & informations about Buses, Busmakers, Passengers' and the Transport Industry
* Maharashtra - Volvo delivers India’s first hybrid bus
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* Germany - Cologne takes delivery of pair of fuel cell transit buses
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Because the large amount of requests received for Hybrid Buses, batteries can't be manufactured fast enough
Warren County,NJ,USA -WBKO -Jul 23, 2010: -- Due to the high demand of Hybrid School Buses nationwide, the Warren County School District won't have their hybrid buses as scheduled... Assistant Director of Transportation, Johnny Watkins, says because the large amount of requests received for Hybrid Buses, batteries can't be manufactured fast enough... Watkins says they were scheduled to have four Hybrid Buses in August, but now the date has been pushed back to February of 2011... Watkins says they're not happy about the wait and asks if parents could remain patient with them until February... (Photo from evauthority: ev plugin school bus)Labels: hybrid buses
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The hybrid-buses got 30% better mileage in Nevada and 36% better in Sigourney
Nevada,IA,USA -Radio Iowa, by Dar Danielson -March 29, 2010: -- Two hybrid-electric school buses were purchased for the Nevada and Sigourney school districts and run alongside regular buses... An Iowa State University researcher says a study of hybrid school buses shows some promise for decreasing fuel costs and pollution, if mechanical problems with the buses can be fixed. ... Shauna Hallmark of the I.S.U. Institute for Transportation, says the hybrid-buses got 30% better mileage in Nevada and 36% better in Sigourney. Hallmark says. Diesel fuel is occasionally up to $4.00-a-gallon, and a school bus gets about six miles to the gallon... Hallmark says it’s not just fuel economy, it’s also the emissions put out by the buses. She says buses put out a lot of the small fine black particulates that pollute the air, and the hybrid buses would reduce the amount of pollution the kids are exposed to... The charging system does some charging from the bus diesel engine, but the majority of the charging has to be done by plugging in the bus. And she says something was not working, so the batter did not charge... Labels: hybrid buses, studies
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Transit Agencies Order More Clean Diesel Than Diesel-Hybrid Buses
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The benefits of using public transportation are obvious - it keeps cars off the road
Sarasota County,FL,USA -My Suncosast/ABC News TV7 -July 7, 2009: -- ... And in Sarasota County, a growing fleet of hybrid buses are showing up on those roads... The county added four more hybrid buses last week, making 14 in all...with plenty more to come... They're 27% more fuel-efficient than the standard diesel powered bus. That adds up to a savings of $16,500 per bus, per year... The new buses are shorter and will save even more fuel and money -- about $21,000 per bus... The county's hybrid fleet is a huge help in these budget-conscious times. "Overall, the 14 buses total are going to amount in savings to Sarasota County of $228,000, which is a tremendous savings," says county commissioner Jon Thaxton... But it's not just about money. The hybrids help the environment, too. Pollution is 50-90% less than a typical diesel bus. And they're quieter...Labels: hybrid buses
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Wilmington,DEL,USA -Sbay News -June 24, 2009: -- The DART bus fleet is going GREEN with 15 new electric hybrid buses. The new hybrid buses, built by the Gillig Corporation of Hayward, California,feature a colorful headliner banner, Powered by Hybrid Electric Technology Doing Our Part For Clean Air. The hybrid electric technology on DART buses consists of a highly efficient diesel engine, running on super low-sulphur fuel, in combination with an Allison electric drive transmission system. The bus operates in its electric mode at speeds up to 25 mph. The diesel engine will then provide power solely or in combination with the electric motor as needed. Unlike gas engine hybrids, the diesel motor keeps running when the bus is operating on electric power. The reason is that diesels can sometimes be more difficult to start quickly. When not in demand the diesel operates at low idle and continues to generate electricity... (Photo from dart.org: NABIBus2)Labels: hybrid buses
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EPA requirements for 2010 engines will add $6,000 to price of Navistar-built buses
Warrenville, Ill,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Jun 16, 2009: -- Federally mandated emissions controls will add $6,000 to the price of a 2010-model-year diesel bus, vehicle manufacturer Navistar says... Navistar will use a combination of advanced fuel injection, air management, electronic controls and proprietary combustion technology to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 emissions requirements for on-highway diesel engines.. The company’s IC Bus subsidiary builds commercial buses and school buses... Truck makers, including Navistar, face the same requirements for commercial trucks. Shippers and motor carriers are concerned about the impact of higher prices on carrier profitability and transport costs... (Photo: IC Bus's Hybrid Series)Labels: hybrid buses
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Lawrence and Douglas County,KS,USA -The Lawrence Journal World, by Chad Lawhorn -April 27, 2009: -- Voters in November approved new sales taxes to keep the city’s bus system alive, and now city commissioners are poised to take their biggest step yet to make the system more environmentally healthy... At their weekly meeting tonight, commissioners will receive a recommendation that the city convert its fleet of public transit buses over to a system that largely relies on biodiesel fuel made from soybeans and other plant and animal material... The recommendation — which came from a study group made up of city and Kansas University transit leaders — calls for the city to purchase four heavy-duty transit buses that are equipped to run on a fuel mixture of 80 percent conventional diesel and 20 percent biodiesel. The buses are expected to cost $350,000 to $370,000 apiece... The group also recommends the city purchase two hybrid electric buses that would run on a mixture of conventional diesel, biodiesel and electric battery power... The hybrid buses are expected to cost about $580,000 apiece, or about $200,000 more than traditional buses... (Photo: New Flyer's ST Express 60-foot Diesel-Electric Hybrid Bus )Labels: hybrid buses
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After two electrical fires in the last two months investigators are looking into potential problems with the city's new fleet of hybrid buses
Staten Island,NY,USA -Staten Island Advance/SILive, by Maura Yates -March 23, 2009: -- The buses use regenerative braking technology to generate electricity to power the batteries... A fire broke out aboard a parked bus just before 1:30 a.m. March 14 on a ramp at the St. George Ferry Terminal. The driver smelled smoke and saw flames coming out of an electrical panel behind the driver's seat. No passengers were on board at the time and the driver was not injured... Another fire had been reported aboard another hybrid bus on Jan. 13 in Flatbush, Brooklyn. No passengers were injured in that incident... An investigation into the cause of the first fire found a melted metal stud on a "barrier box" in an electrical panel behind the driver. The extra stud had been installed in the wrong place, and may have come into contact with several 24 volt power cables nearby, causing a short, investigators believe... After the first fire, all vehicles being built by Orion at its Mississauga, Ontario, factory, or in its Oriskany, N.Y., plant, were put "on hold" until they could be checked to see if any other buses had studs mistakenly installed in the same spot... (Photo: A hybrid bus is unveiled at the Castleton Bus Depot in September) Labels: hybrid buses
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Troy, Mich,USA -earth2tech, by David Ehrlich -January 29, 2009: -- Troy, Mich.-based Fisher Coachworks has raised $3.2 million for its new lightweight plug-in hybrid buses... Hybrid buses are becoming a common sight in bus fleets around the world, but Fisher is developing a bus using lightweight stainless steel that it says is half the weight and gets at least twice the fuel efficiency of current hybrid models... The company is planning to invest $7 million to set up a factory in Livonia, Mich., to produce the new buses, creating 539 new jobs... The heart of the new bus design is Nitronic stainless steel from West Chester, Ohio-based AK Steel... Fisher said the steel is high-strength and corrosion-resistant; the company uses it for all of the major body components of the bus, as well as the suspension, fasteners and others... The lightweight bus was developed over the last seven years by Autokinetics of Rochester Hills, Mich., with $2.5 million in funding from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory... Fisher licensed the design from Autokinetics for use in transit and delivery vehicles, and is working with Autokinetics, Oak Ridge and others on the bus...Labels: hybrid buses
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Ankara,Turkey -The Green Car Website (UK) -27 Jan 2009: -- ... However, it seems that England’s capital city is not alone in its pursuit of hybrid buses - with Turkey also looking to introduce the vehicles... Turkey has a world-renowned public transportation system, which runs in a highly efficient and well-organised manner. Now, according to a report in the Ankara newspaper Hurriyet, the Turks have developed their own hybrid buses at the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)... According to Hamdi Ucarol, a researcher from TUBITAK, the electrics and hybrids don’t use energy waiting in traffic and the batteries charge when the brake is applied and when the vehicle travels downhill...
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Istanbul,Turkey -Green Prophet, by Karin Kloosterman -Jan 24, 2009: -- If you’ve ever had the pleasure of living in or visiting Turkey, you’ll find it’s very hard to get lost off the beaten trail. The public transportation system there is so well oiled; bus owners of private buses or the smaller minibuses –– the dolmus –– are so well organized, you can literally scoot across the country by just telling one of the bus assistants (who approach you), where you’d like to go... A country-wide initiative to reduce greenhouse gases in the transportation sector –– called Project Ğ –– aims to increase the use of hybrid vehicles in large urban areas. The new hybrid bus initiative is part of it...Labels: hybrid buses
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Northglenn,CO,USA -The Denver Post, by Monte Whaley -14 Jan 2009: -- The yellow school bus glided in front of Hillcrest Elementary on Tuesday afternoon, deposited 22 third-graders and five parents onto the sidewalk and immediately got rave reviews... Ortiz and her classmates had just finished the maiden voyage of Colorado's first hybrid school bus. Using both diesel and electric power, it boasts a 70 percent cut in diesel fuel consumption and a 40 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and drastically reduces engine maintenance, say Adams 12 Five Star Schools officials... Adams 12 purchased the bus — thanks in part to an alternative fuels rebate from the state — as a first step toward cutting maintenance costs and being easier on the environment, said Superintendent Mike Paskewicz... (Photo by Brian Brainerd/The Denver Post - Visitors gather at Hillcrest Elementary School to see Adams 12 school district's first hybrid school bus. The driver and third-grade passengers were impressed with the power and quiet ride) Labels: hybrid buses
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Bowling Green,OH,USA -The Bowling Green News, by Steve Kunkler -25 Nov 2008: -- The technology department and NASA teamed to create a bus that is more environmentally friendly than traditional vehicles. The Electric Vehicle Institute, part of the technology department, and NASA have been working on alternative energies for over a decade. The result of their work can be seen driving around campus. The hybrid shuttle used by the University was the result of several people working together to find an alternative to traditional gas and diesel-powered buses... Among the key components of the hybrid shuttle is the Hybrid Booster Drive. The Hybrid Booster Drive is a system that complements the existing propulsion in vehicles that have the system installed. The system has four separate component modules, which are trademarked by the University covering how the system works... (Media Credit: BGSU Office of Marketing and Communication - Hybrid bus: The hybrid shuttle bus is a result of a collaboration between the University's Electric Vehicle Department and NASA. The mileage for the hybrid shuttle bus gets ten miles per gallon as opposed to the eight miles per gallon for the other BGSU shuttle buses)Labels: hybrid buses
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Fuel use reduced by half as much as makers claimed
Victoria,British Columbia,Canada -The Times Colonist, by Joanne Hatherly -November 10, 2008: -- The capital region's diesel-electric hybrid buses are falling far short of the 20 to 30 per cent fuel savings promised by the manufacturer, according to B.C. Transit... The Toronto Transit Commission's recent announcement that it was switching back from hybrids to diesel-only buses due to problems with batteries raised the question of how well Victoria's hybrid buses are performing... Aaron Lamb, fleet director for B.C. Transit, said the hybrid buses are showing a savings of 10 to 13 per cent, less than half of the manufacturer's claim of savings between 20 and 30 per cent. B.C. Transit arrived at that figure after running one of each type of bus on an identical route... However, Victoria's buses are not experiencing any battery problems. The TTC buses run on lead-acid batteries, while B.C. Transit's batteries are nickel-metal hydride. TTC buses are saving on fuel costs at the same rate as B.C. Transit hybrids... The Victoria buses are built by New Flyer in Winnipeg, Man., while the TTC buses were built by Daimler. Transit obtained six buses in 2005 as a pilot project: Three operate in Kelowna and three in Victoria... (Photograph by : Debra Brash, Times Colonist - The region's electric-diesel hybrid buses are saving on fuel, but not as much as the manufacturer claimed)Labels: hybrid buses
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In brief: Worldwide montly news & informations about Buses, Busmakers, Passengers' and the Transport Industry
