Sentences with phrase «hybrid buses reduce»

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.

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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.

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.

Using ultracapacitor energy storage to further reduce life cycle costs, this next - generation hybrid bus has achieved Ultra Low Emission Bus certification with 37 % lower greenhouse gas... Read morbus has achieved Ultra Low Emission Bus certification with 37 % lower greenhouse gas... Read morBus certification with 37 % lower greenhouse gas... Read more →

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

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.