Sentences with phrase «more electric buses»
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BI tech reporter Antonio Villas - Boas summed it up perfectly in his review of electric skateboard Boosted Board: «One thing is for sure, electric skateboards are way cooler and way more fun than those ridiculous hoverboards.»
And the cycle goes both ways: After riding an electric bus, someone may be more likely to buy a Tesla.
Chinese electric bus maker BYD Co Ltd. stock plunged more than 40 % this week, and analysts are puzzled about why that happened.
Electrification of bus traffic has already begun, and by 2020 the estimate is for more than 100 electric buses in the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Canada's Globe and Mail reports that as part of a more C$ 7 - billion (US$ 5.4 - billion), 4 - year climate change plan, the Ontario government will invest C$ 285 million (US$ 221 million) in electric vehicle incentives; implement lower carbon fuel standards; and invest C$ 280 million (US$ 217 million) to help school boards buy electric buses and trucking... Read more →
I guess what I'm trying to say, is that it feels good to venture down somewhere that's a few more bus - stops away from the usual, to dress up a little, and to reach a little further into the closet for exotic - looking things like these ridiculously electric hues of blue that are usually just incompatible with the trip to the Turkish to get more Nutella and Oreos.
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 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.
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And there's more, with Musk's announcement that he sees a need for heavy - duty electric trucks and «high passenger - density urban transport», which means buses, and autonomous ones at that.
The city proposed to deploy three electric self - driving shuttles to link a new bus rapid transit center to a retail district, connecting more residents to jobs.
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.
Electric buses are readily available, and becoming more common in European cities, while trolleybuses (buses powered by overhead wires) have been in use since the 1880s.
Volvo has sold more than 3,500 hybrid, plug - in hybrid, and electric buses worldwide.
Beautifully - styled inside and out, the I.D. Buzz probably has higher chances of actually reaching production than previous VW bus concepts, but we're not holding our breath - VW's real electric mobility push won't start until 2020 and it'll be 2025 before they're selling in any real volume - and something more akin to the regular I.D. concept will likely take priority in those plans.
The Duluth Transit Authority was awarded grants for electric buses and charging stations worth more than $ 6.3 million by the Federal Transit Administration on Monday.
This zero - emission bus has the highly reliable electric power train system, battery packaging with sophisticated BMS (Battery Management System), regenerative braking system and many more custom made solutions.
For an electric bus, it seems that a city - type driving cycle, with repeated stop - and - go cycles, would provide lots of brake regeneration to recharge the battery, and actually give it more total range.
On today's show... Mercedes invests $ 1 billion in the U.S. to build electric SUVs... Proterra's EV bus sets the world record for longest distance traveled on a single charge... and Jaguar is getting set to release a couple of high priced performance cars to take the brand more upscale.
Seven transit providers in five states will receive a share of $ 22.5 million toward transit buses and related facilities that utilize battery - electric, fuel cell, and... Read more →
Perhaps we should consider the re-introduction of the electric trolley bus to our cities, as being possibly more flexible and less expensive to install than trams.
Transportation is on the cusp of a major transition, with more efficient cars and trucks, new technologies such as electric vehicles and zero - emission buses, services such as ride sharing, and a renewed emphasis from planners on creating accessible, livable, walkable, and bikeable communities.
Proterra introduced new high - power charging options this week to make a 100 % - electric bus fleet more achievable.
Daimler's Thomas Built Rolls out Electric School Bus Three studies in California found students riding school buses are exposed to far more air pollution than expected, especially older diesel buses.
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.»
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 %).
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Take a small example: Moving away from internal - combustion automobiles and trucks means more than just swapping in electric vehicles and expanding public transit; it also means building the infrastructure to support the new transportation system (chargers, added bus lines, additional electric power plants), retraining the people whose livelihoods were based on maintaining conventional vehicles, changing how cities are laid out and much more.
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.
More importantly, many technical challenges must be overcome before electric cars and buses become everyday modes of transportation.
Even if it's not considered as cool to ride an electric bus than to drive a Tesla, buses are much more efficient in not only the utilization of space on the road, but also in terms of fuel - efficiency (as measured in Person - Miles Per Gallon (PMPG)-RRB-, so with a switch to electric buses, which are less susceptible to volatile fuel prices and have lower maintenance costs, cities can actually save energy and money while reducing emissions.
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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.
In the near future, electric vehicles, especially public transit buses, could be charged while they're driving, which could eliminate the need for larger batteries and more charging stations, if the work of ElectRoad gets scaled up and commercialized.
With some incremental improvements (which are already happening), this could become very practical and it wouldn't be surprising if in the near future we saw some electric buses using ultracapacitors instead of heavier and more expensive chemical batteries.
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Canada's Globe and Mail reports that as part of a more C$ 7 - billion (US$ 5.4 - billion), 4 - year climate change plan, the Ontario government will invest C$ 285 million (US$ 221 million) in electric vehicle incentives; implement lower carbon fuel standards; and invest C$ 280 million (US$ 217 million) to help school boards buy electric buses and trucking... Read more →
So yes, from e-bikes and ELFs to fully electric buses and tiny little Smart cars, there are plenty of other vehicles we should be more excited about in terms of sustainability.