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Zero-emission Proterra electric bus comes to Capitol Hill

Altair Nanotechnologies has not had a completely successful string of events these last few years. They lost more money than expected in 2007 and were not always embraced by the investment community. But there was good news, too, like some government spending and a deal with Phoenix Motorcars (well, that's more a good news/bad news sort of thing). This week, though, the company is excited about showing off a rapid-charge hybrid bus in Washington, D.C. with partner Proterra. The bus was on Capitol Hill this week and is full of impressive ... Read more →

Daimler Buses NA tops 3,000 hybrid bus orders Sam Abuelsamid

Hybrid buses are becoming an increasingly common sight in cities around North America and Daimler has grabbed the largest share of the market. Daimler Bus North America has now received orders for ...

King County Washington orders 500 more Daimler hybrid buses Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Mercedes launches Citaro G Blue Tec Hybrid Bus Xavier Navarro

Mercedes-Benz builds more than fancy li-ion hybrid cars. The company's buses, notably the Citaro series, are quite a common sight in European cities. The German company has announced that the new ...

A hybrid bus that cuts fuel consumption in half Xavier Navarro

Before sitting down to write this story, I asked a professional bus driver about the average fuel consumption for such a vehicle. As it turns out, a standard Agora bus on the roads of any European ...

Chinese automaker FAW announces new-energy (read: hybrid) vehicle factory 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Despite the lackluster sales from rival company BYD, Chinese automaker FAW has announced a new manufacturing plant that will specialize in building hybrid vehicles. Set to be completed in 2012, the automaker expects to build about 1,000 hybrid buses and 11,000 hybrid sedans per year at the new ...

Paris tests a new hybrid bus that uses ultracapacitors 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

RATP, the public-owned company that manages most of Paris' public transport system, is currently performing tests using a hybrid bus outfitted with ultracapacitors. For now, the test buses are passenger-free. The model, called Lion's City Hybrid, is supplied by German manufacturer MAN and the ...

And the Volvo 2009 Technology Award goes to... 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Every year since 1988, Volvo has conducted its own awards ceremony for the designers and engineers the Swedish automaker employs. This year, the six men who created Volvo's Integrated Starter Alternator Motor, or I-SAM for short, have taken home the Technology Award trophy. The I-SAM unit ...

Mercedes-Benz testing Citaro FuelCELL hybrid bus 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Mercedes-Benz has a history of introducing various fuel saving technologies to its line of commercial buses. The automaker first began experimenting with fuel cells in bus platforms back in 1997, and has since put 36 units on the road. Recently, the hydrogen component was dropped in favor of a ...

Barcelona tests the Tempus, its first hybrid bus 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Believe it or not, European cities are a little behind in incorporating hybrid powertrains to their fleets. Not long ago we mentioned a Spanish-made bus by Castrosua. This bus began tests on the streets of Barcelona this week. The Tempus, as it's called, mates an electric powertrain to Iveco's ...

Ouch! Woman bites NYC bus driver because it isn't a hybrid 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

. While I haven't met all of you, I'm pretty sure most AutoblogGreen readers are a lot more understanding when a particular vehicle isn't as clean as possible than Shelia Bolar is. According to the New York Daily News, Bolar, a public transportation rider (and apparent poet) got angry when the ...

Castrosua unveils Tempus, its first hybrid bus 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Spanish busmaker Castrosúa has unveiled its first hybrid bus. Named Tempus, the new electric-diesel-powered bus will be ready this summer. Developed with a company called Mormendi, the Tempus is the child of a young industrial engineer called Jaime Moreno. Tempus has already won the "Spanish ...

Burbank getting world's first plug-in hybrid fuel cell bus 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Burbank Bus has announced that they will be trying out the world's very first plug-in hydrogen fuel cell hybrid transit bus (say that fast 5 times), the Proterra HFC35, beginning this Spring. Now, we've had all-electric buses, turbine-powered hybrid buses and even a plug-in school buses gracing the ...

First hybrid London double decker bus delivered 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/First_Hybrid_London_Double_Decker_Bus_Delivered'; Transport for London and Metrobus have just taken delivery of the first of seventeen new hybrid double decker buses. The two-story buses have been iconic image of central London for over half a century and now ...

Strasbourg gets new hybrid buses 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

France has become the latest country in Europe to get hybrid buses. The Alsatian capital, Strasbourg (which also hosts the European Parliament), received a hybrid unit from Solaris Bus & Coach company, which will start working next year. An additional unit will be introduced afterwards. The ...

Volvo shows off new hybrid bus series 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Although European cities have a lot of the latest trends in urban mobility, there aren't many hybrid buses on their streets. Volvo thinks that this could be a good moment to introduce hybrid buses, and has recently introduced the 7700 model. Claimed to reduce fuel consumption by 30 percent, Volvo ...

Hybrid buses debut on Staten Island 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There was a bevy of transit officials and politicians assembled Friday at West Brighton's Castleton Depot as the first 15 Orion VII Next Generation Hybrid-Electric buses were officially feted on Staten Island. These are just a few of the 850 strong order on its way to New York. Staten Island will ...

Volvo launching hybrid bus at Hanover 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Volvo has announced plans to launch a new hybrid bus for Europe at the IAA Bus and Truck Show in Hanover, Germany this September. No stranger to building big hybrids, Volvo had been waiting to have a go at a bus until it was more "commercially viable." Now, with many parts based on standard ...

New Michigan-built hybrid bus to revive Fisher body name 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The late, great "Body by Fisher" tag is about to begin showing up again, though on totally new and different vehicles than ever before. While the company had previously been a division of General Motors and created every single body for the automaker, it's now focusing on a new and radically ...

Long Beach study shows gas/hybrid buses get lower mileage than diesel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has just completed a two-year study of the hybrid buses being operated by Long Beach Transit in southern California. Unlike most transit systems using hybrid buses, Long Beach has been using a system that combines a gasoline engine with a series hybrid ...

Riding the bus 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In all the time I've been writing for AutoblogGreen I've driven a great many different cars and trucks. Whether it's for ABG, Autoblog or my day job at Green Fuels Forecast, I drive most of these different vehicles to review them on one or more of the sites. From time to time, schedules work out in ...

Lawsuit filed in hybrid bus hullabaloo 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The 2004 decision by the city of Elk Grove to purchase refurbished buses with gasoline/electric hybrid drivetrains from ISE and Complete Coach Works sure hasn't panned out as well as had been hoped. With the noble intention of being the first U.S. city with an all-hybrid bus fleet, Elk Grove ...

China Yuchai International readies hybrid engine for buses 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

You probably don't know about China Yuchai but it's a Chinese company that makes light-duty, medium-sized and heavy-duty diesel engines for all kinds of vehicles. It's actually China's leader in diesel engines production. But the news today is not about diesel engines, it's about a hybrid. For the ...

Tampa schools debut new plug-in hybrid buses 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Look, I know that some of you all going to be mad at me for posting this video because it doesn't include the segment about Lindsay Lohan's rapidly changing hairstyles. I'm sorry to disappoint all of you, but perhaps the information you get about the plug-in hybrid buses that a local school ...

Mercedes-Benz introducing new series hybrid bus 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

At the UITP public transit conference in Helsinki Finland Mercedes Benz has announced plans to introduce a new hybrid version of their Citaro bus later this year. Unlike the GM Two-Mode system now used on several hundred North American buses the new Mercedes configuration is a series hybrid with ...

King County Washington ordering 500 more GM hybrid buses 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The King County Washington transit system was one of the first in the United States to start widely using hybrid buses and they just announced a major expansion of the effort. Since King County got their first hybrid buses over three years ago they have put 214 of them on the road. In the fall of ...

New BAE LiIon battery for buses using A123 technology 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

BAE Systems already provides the hybrid electric drive system for DaimlerChrysler's Orion VII buses that are operating in transit fleets around the world. The company has just announced their next-generation system that will be available in 2008 switching to lithium ion batteries. The lithium ...

NREL issues final report on Seattle hybrid bus program 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has been tracking a fleet of hybrid buses operating in Seattle, Washington for the past year and has just issued their final report. The fleet of ten New Flyer buses are equipped with a GM-Allison two-mode hybrid drive-train, similar to the one that will be ...

DaimlerChrysler hybrid buses outperform CNG and diesel buses in New York City 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), which is part of the US Department of Energy, has been monitoring the performance of three types of buses in New York City for the past year and now has some results to share. They looked at buses powered by conventional diesel drive-trains, ...

Sales tax vote will determine hybrid bus future in Miami 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

There's a lot of value in a penny. At least, there could be if citizens in Broward county, Florida vote tomorrow to approve a one-cent sales tax increase. The revenue from the increase – expected to be $260 million a year – would go towards transportation projects. This includes ...

IC launches diesel hybrid bus platform 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

IC Corporation is the largest manufacturer of commercial and school buses in North America. If you live anywhere that has schools and school buses you have almost undoubtedly seen their products. At the BusCon Expo in Chicago, IC is launching their new line of diesel hybrid buses. These hybrid ...

Hybrid school buses on display in Arizona 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Prototype hybrid school buses made by IC Corp. were on display at Cardinals Stadium in Arizona this past Wednesday for hundreds of school district employees. Why were the buses in Arizona? Maybe it was to drum up a sale or two. While 19 of the clean buses (compared to standard school buses, ...

Ultra-Capacitors: Making electric hybrids more efficient 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Automotive DesignLine reports on a hybrid bus design by ISE Corporation which incorporates ultra capacitors. What are these ultra capacitors, and why are they needed in a hybrid vehicle? Regenerative braking, the key to the increase in fuel economy of hybrids, allows a vehicle to recapture and store ...


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