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20.10.11

* UK - HybriDrive said to generate 30% fuel savings

London,UK -Fleet Owner, by Deborah Whistler -Oct 20, 2011: -- Road tests conducted by BAE Systems reveal that commercial trucks powered by the company’s green HybriDrive parallel hybrid electric propulsion system use 30% less fuel than trucks running on traditional diesel engines, according to a company announcement... The average fuel economy improvement of 30% on trucks powered by the parallel system was experienced across a range of standard driving cycles. However, the system performed best on stop-and-go cycles where average speed is between five and 20 miles per hour, the company said, making it a good choice for refuse collection and delivery trucks... BAE Systems is developing truck systems with Dennis Eagle in the U.K., and Crane Carrier Co. in the United States, to be rolled out in 2012. The HybriDrive parallel system will integrate with “big-bore” and heavy-duty diesel engines. The system is suitable for vehicles from 19,500 to 80,000 lbs. total gross vehicle weight...

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11.5.07

PRODUCTS * USA - $1.4 Million Contract, from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Safety Vision, L.P. Announces

Houston,TX,USA -Safety Vision (PR) -10 May 2007: -- Safety Vision, a global provider of mobile digital video solutions, announced its Houston office has been awarded a $1.4 million contract to install onboard surveillance camera systems on 155 new buses for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)... The contract, partially funded by a Department of Homeland Security grant, was approved by the MBTA Board of Directors on April 5, 2007...

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16.4.07

PRODUCTS * Argentine - "Eyes on the Sky", the system for buses' enterprises

System of management and control for buses. "Eyes on the Sky" an initiative of Repecom. Up to this moment, used by buses lines 105 and 46 in Buenos Aires City

Buenos Aires,CF,ARG - CanalAR by Samanta Cuglia /BONDICOM.COM -4 Abril 2007: -- Eyes on the Sky it's a system of management and control for the public transport. Developed by Repecom, a telecomm and satelite pursuit co. , now in use in the city of Buenos Aires on buses lines 105, from Sept 2006, and the line 46, this year… The system is thought exclusively for the transports of passengers, and has several uses: to control the route, the schedules and the state of the cars, to an exclusive service for the user, whom it indicates how much it delays each bus through the different stops… Access it's doit through Bondicom site or from a cellular phone. The service is free, and it's managed by an operator in the Web…

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