Sentences with phrase «using hybrid buses»

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The Company's transmissions are used in a range of applications, including on - highway trucks (distribution, refuse, construction, fire and emergency), buses (primarily school, transit and hybrid - transit), motorhomes, off - highway vehicles and equipment (energy, mining and construction) and defense vehicles (wheeled and tracked).

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.

We also exclude hybrid texts that use a considerable amount of narrative to explain science or history (such as the Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole).

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.

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.

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.

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

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 remarkable Brutalist (recently Grade II listed) bus station, the derelict Odeon cinema, the abandoned Coroner's Court and the former Working Men's Club will all be used as locations for the commission — a hybrid form of fiction, sculpture, performance and film.

Mellors will be making a hybrid work of fiction, sculpture, performance and film, using the architecturally monumental, brutalist Preston Bus Station as its focus.

Even an inefficient bus or train or trolley car uses far fewer resources per person than a mega-horse power «hybrid» SUV, even when said SUV is fully loaded with people — something I have yet to see.

However, I read in Kate Ascher's book The Works that the MTA is by far the largest consumer of electricity in the city, and since power is generated by burning fossil fuels, I find myself wondering how much gasoline it saves to use the subway versus, say, driving a hybrid or taking the bus?