Sentences with phrase «electric hybrid buses»

It has become one of the most widely used engines for lower - carbon diesel electric hybrid buses across the UK and Europe.

Marin Transit purchased its first diesel electric hybrid buses in 2010, and currently operates 18 hybrid buses.

Inaugurated by Ville de Luxembourg on 10 February 2017, the chargers will support 5 electric hybrid buses from Volvo, fully charging each vehicle with 150kW of power in three to six minutes, during the layover times at the end point of the bus route.

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.

Urs Waelchli, Product Group Manager for EV Charging at ABB, states: «We're delighted to have delivered 2 fast - chargers to Ville de Luxembourg to support their electric hybrid bus network.

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This FREE circulator service features hybrid electric buses that will connect you to your downtown destination.

In this case the Mayor of London proposes to continue his current low emissions scheme, but, rather than widen it to penalise smaller vehicles belonging to small businesses, instead to boost the market for innovative alternatives such as electric vehicles, low - emissions taxis and hybrid buses.

About 11,000 hybrid buses, pure electric cabs and other types of clean cars are running on China's roads as a result of the program.

Hybrid - electric vehicles, such as the Toyota Prius and 472 of SEPTA's buses, have for years used regenerative braking to charge on - board batteries and reduce fuel consumption by reusing the stored energy upon acceleration.

And, in the same way that SEPTA's hybrid buses reduce fuel consumption, SEPTA anticipates that the battery will reduce its electric bills at Letterly by 10 percent, or approximately $ 190,000 per year.

This is illustrated by the increase in the number of electric buses to nearly 50 % of total new energy buses in 2014 in response to a subsidy available for electric buses that is 50,000 RMB (approximately 7,700 USD) more than the government subsidy for plug - in hybrid electric buses.

It will take the total number of electric buses on the capital's streets to more than 120, in addition to 2,000 hybrid electric buses — 20 per cent of the whole fleet - already in operation.

The market is growing, though, and electric and hybrid buses are expected to account for 5 percent of new purchases this year.

TriMet already has eight hybrid buses in its fleet of about 675 buses and with the federal grant will be adding four electric buses in 2018.

Series hybrids are Hybrid Electric Vehicle Buses also known as extended range vehicles, as the engine can be used to operate the vehicle in the event that the battery is completely depleted.

Now that series electric hybrid vehicles are beginning to emerge in commercial applications (first seen in buses and soon in the Chevrolet Volt), the concept of an electrically - powered vehicle that uses an on - board turbine generator seems like a practical idea.

Provides transit agencies with information to compare the emissions and fuel economy expected from hybrid - electric transit buses with those expected from alternatively - fueled buses.

This Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 59 presents an up - to - date description of emerging hybrid - electric drive technology for transit buses and discusses the technology and its status, benefits, life - cycle costs, and deployment issues.

As electric vehicle technology evolves, it is likely that the batteries used in electric hybrid and full electric buses will increase in size, meaning that more power will be required for charging.

Volvo has sold more than 3,500 hybrid, plug - in hybrid, and electric buses worldwide.

In addition to this the new battery electric buses, just like TriMet's current fleet of hybrid buses and select MAX trains, will have regenerative braking.

Their modular design allows charging power upgrades, they are cloud - connected for software updates and we closely follow the global standardization initiatives around electric hybrid and full electric buses.»

Two electric motors, each with 485 Nm The electric Actros drives very specifically with a ZF portal axle borrowed from a hybrid bus, which has been heavily modified for use in lorries: among other things, the ground clearance increases to 20 centimeters.

Once you're finished shredding the slopes, you can take advantage of Banff's «ROAM» — Canada's first all - hybrid electric community bus service.

While Banff can easily be experienced on foot, there is also the Roam bus service, Canada's first all - hybrid electric community bus service, to expedite your movement around town.

Hybrid vehicles are not widely available in Argentina yet, but the country's capital will have its first hybrid electric bus with national technology and auto - parts this DecHybrid vehicles are not widely available in Argentina yet, but the country's capital will have its first hybrid electric bus with national technology and auto - parts this Dechybrid electric bus with national technology and auto - parts this December.

a huge majority of those people choose to drive to work when they could bike, take a bus, carpool, etc; and a similar high percentage could buy an electric car — they're on the dealer showroom floors in every town in the country, but they choose to buy a FF car, or perhaps a half - and - half (a hybrid).

All buses and trains, virtually all cars, and some trucks would be electric or hybrid.

What is there not to like about the new shuttle buses at Tokyo's Haneda Airport - the hybrid electric buses save energy and have less air pollution.

The bus will have a hybrid diesel / electric engine designed to reduce fuel consumption and exhaust.

This plan involves the construction of a world - class rapid transit network and experimenting with new energy - ef cient vehicles such as the super capacitor trolleybuses and electric, hydrogen fuel - cell and hybrid buses.

The test fleet includes Nissan Leaf electric cars, Via Motors extended - range electric trucks and vans, EVAOS Ford F - Series pickup truck plug - in hybrid conversions, and extended - range electric commercial trucks and shuttle buses.

As an example, soot - free buses can be powered by a wide range of fuels including fossil diesel or compressed natural gas (CNG), biogas, or other liquid biofuels, and electric drive engines including hybrid drive, fuel cell, and battery electric drivetrains.

The Sierra Club does indeed have such an advertisement, circulating Seattle on hybrid - electric busses.

In the chapter, «If it isn't boring, it isn't green,» on page 290 he starts a new section by saying «But to get the most efficiency gains and to make the Energy Internet - smart grid complete requires that one more big piece of the puzzle be put into place — electrifying transportation, and moving as many cars, trucks, buses and trains away from exclusively combustion engines and into plug - in electric hybrids or plug - in all - electric cars.»

The campaign will support the market for electric passenger cars, light commercial vans, buses and trucks (including battery - electric, plug - in hybrid, and fuel cell vehicle types).

There are also substantial green employment opportunities in retrofitting old diesel buses to reduce air pollutants and in replacing old equipment with cleaner compressed natural gas (CNG) or hybrid - electric buses.

Majorities also favor spending more on subway, rail and bus systems (63 %) and providing tax incentives for buying hybrid or electric cars, trucks and SUVs (60 %).

Addition of alternative powertrains (electric, plug - in hybrid electric gasoline / diesel) for buses and medium - and heavy - duty trucks.

For NYC taxis electric cars with replaceable batteries make a lot more sense than hybrids - the electric buses at the Olympics had batteries that were replaced in 5 minutes so that the buses could run 24 hours.

China's leading electric vehicle maker BYD announced Wednesday to team with US Hybrid Corporation to develop a hydrogen fuel cells battery - electric bus.

It is going ahead with plans to build a new plant in Hebei province to make electric and hybrid buses.

Volvo's new parallel diesel / electric hybrid, with its regenerative braking system, is best suited to heavy vehicles making frequent stops like delivery trucks, busses, and trash haulers.

When drawing into, standing at, or accelerating away from bus stops, the hybrid bus operates in electric - only mode.

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However, even as alternatives to driving have become more prominent in public discourse, the fact of the matter is that people get far more excited about the Chevy Volt and the Tesla Roadster than they do about hybrid - electric buses and bicycle lanes.

The hybrid bus can move up to 12 MPH in all - electric mode, and over that the diesel engine kicks in.

Investigated buses represented different technologies in terms of engines, exhaust after - treatment systems (e.g., diesel particulate filter, selective catalytic reduction, and three - way catalyst) and fuels (diesel, diesel - electric (hybrid), ethanol, and compressed natural gas (CNG)-RRB-.