Sentences with phrase «diesel bus costs»
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Popple also believes that within five years, he can get the cost of Proterra's buses down to a price that's competitive with diesel buses.
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The 40 - foot, near - zero - emission, diesel - electric hybrid buses cost more to purchase but less to operate and are cleaner and quieter than traditional diesel buses.
These buses will have the fuel efficiency equivalent of 24 miles per gallon, reducing fueling cost by as much as 80 percent over regular diesel or hybrid buses.
The Proterra Catalyst E2 Series buses are available with 440, 550 or 660 Kwh batteries and should cost less to own than the diesel buses.
CNG buses cost about 10 to 15 percent more to operate than standard diesel engine buses, but the value of a cleaner air more than compensates for this (including in healthcare costs).
Sinautec estimates that one of its buses has one - tenth the energy cost of a diesel bus and can achieve lifetime fuel savings of $ 200,000.
Each bus will have 37 seats, a 60 - person standing capacity and a top speed of 90 km per hour and — at an individual cost of $ 2.1 million — will cost about four times as much as a conventional diesel bus.