DaimlerHybridBus

Daimler's North American bus unit has received orders for nearly 100 more of its Orion VII transit buses powered by either new clean diesel engines or diesel-hybrid drivetrains. The bulk of the orders (91 buses) come from four transit agencies and are for the conventional clean-diesel models with ...

Hybrid transit bus deployments are picking up steam all across North America. King County, in Washington, has placed an order for 500 new Orion VII diesel-electric hybrid buses from Daimler Buses North America. King County already has an extensive fleet of hybrid buses and the first batch of 93 ...