Posts Tagged hybrid bus
Paris Retrofits Hybrid Buses With Ultracapacitors
Posted by Ovidiu in Hybrid Vehicles on April 16, 2009
Although they’re not as appetizing as cars, buses or any other public transport system are mostly ec0-friendlier than an average car, even if their consumption reaches enormous figures (compared to a small automobile). Read the rest of this entry »
Dutch e-Traction Hybrid Buses Use In-Wheel Motors to Save Fuel
Posted by Ovidiu in Hybrid Vehicles on March 25, 2009
Hybrid buses are to be the next big thing in public transportation. I live in a medium-sized city (about 200,000 inhabitants), but we already have hybrid diesel-electric buses. The diesel charges a battery, and the battery propels the bus for as long as fuel exists in the tank.
A dutch company, called e-Traction has developed a new type of hybrid bus. It has the same working principle, but the difference is that the electric motors are embedded in the wheels. Read the rest of this entry »