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UK funds Low-Carbon Buses with £30 million

The British Department of Transport has announced a new £30 million fund to help bus operators purchase low-carbon vehicles, like the new GM-Allison Two-mode hybrid system (pictured). A Low Carbon Emission Bus (LCEB) is defined as one that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent compared to a current Euro 3 diesel bus of the same total passenger capacity. These buses should also deliver at least Euro V emission standards. The fund also welcomes EV buses, but thus far, few options are available. The fund will be distributed on a ... Read more →

Paris tests a new hybrid bus that uses ultracapacitors Xavier Navarro

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 ...

Nanjing Iveco shows off EV light bus Xavier Navarro

Do you need a small bus to carry around 12 people and you'd rather it was all-electric? Naijing Iveco has one for you. The manufacturer starts with a previous-generation European-version of an Iveco ...

Freight + people. A radical new bus project for London Xavier Navarro

Click on image above for a complete gallery of the OnRoute and Freight*Bus concept Transport for London is looking for an iconic bus to become a heir of the Routemaster, as bendys (those accordian ...

Strasbourg gets new hybrid buses Xavier Navarro

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 ...

Blade Runner concept combines a bus with a train 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mass transit is a concept that holds significant promise in the U.S. as it is currently very under-utilized. Train travel has become more popular now that the price of gas has rocketed upwards, but rails only go in certain directions and there isn't always a solid route to your chosen ...

AltCar 2008: Transforming Transit Symposium says hell yeah to buses 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The morning discussion session at the AltCar Expo here in Santa Monica today focused not on a car at all, but the Big Blue Bus. This iconic ride is Santa Monica's most visible public transportation option and is currently undergoing some conceptual redesigns. A panel of people with an interest in ...

Stagecoach grows better than expected 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Bus and rail company Stagecoach has reported better than expected growth since May 1st. According to the company, Stagecoach's UK bus business was up 9.3 percent, while rail revenues rose nine percent. The company said that the increases were due to people switching to public transport because of ...

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 ...

Hyundai develops mild hybrid bus 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

South Korean car manufacturer, Hyundai, has announced they are entering the hybrid bus business. We already knew they are going whole-hog into hybrid cars but buses are a beast of a different stripe. This is something they seem to have realized and so are approaching this market niche from a ...

It's all action, all the time with bus driving simulation game 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click screen grab to enlarge So, you're up on the Prius clone in the new Grand Theft Auto game, done the electric vs. petrol showdown in Project Gotham Racing 4, and took a Prius down the road in Gran Turismo. What do you play when you want to drive slower in the virtual world, perhaps picking up ...

Micro-turbine hybrid bus meets Mickey Mouse 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While spending the wee hours trying to dig up more information on a deal reported in The Earth News between micro-turbine maker Capstone and Italian bus builder Eco Power Technology, I came across an unexpected bit of news. According to a post by nbodyhome on Disney fan forum Micechat, a Designline ...

Tour bus that runs on "blubber" in Sidekick's Grammy Awards TV commercial 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While watching the Grammy Awards looking out for the Malibu hybrid TV commercial (it did not air) I saw a Sidekick commercial that had a bit of auto greeness. In the Sidekick commercial, a member of a band mentions he tours in a bus that runs on biodiesel or "blubber." I don't know if this ...

Two bus lines running exclusively on biodiesel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tudela (Navarre, Spain) is known for harvesting the best asparagus in the world (or so they claim). Now it also it has a bus company that has decided to run only on biodiesel on all the town's urban lines, as well as an inter-urban connection between the Tuldela and Aguilar. Arasa, the company that ...

Public transportation around the world: India's Blueline buses dubbed "killer buses" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

India's Blueline buses have killed over 100 people so far this year, giving rise to a newspaper nickname: "killer buses." Traffic accident rates in India are the second worse in the world (China is #1 with 600 deaths a day) but Indian buses are getting attention because they are on top of the ...

Ann Arbor, MI switching entire bus fleet to hybrids 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The city of Ann Arbor, MI is replacing its entire municipal bus fleet over the next two years and all the new buses will be hybrids. The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority will be getting the first fifteen units this fall with the rest of the 69 vehicle fleet being supplanted during 2008 and early ...

At 65 feet, this is the longest bus in California 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you live in LA, look out for the new bus on the orange line. It's the longest bus in California. The MetroLiner is 65 feet long, five feet longer than normal buses are allowed to be by law. It had to get a pass as a prototype to drive on California roads. The extra 5 feet allows another 20 ...

San Diego working on robot buses for mass transit 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

One reason highway traffic is so bad in some parts of the country, and the world for that matter, is because there aren't any good choices for mass-transit. If consumers don't have any good reason to choose riding a bus over taking a car, history has shown that they're just not gonna do it. ...

Cheap green bus rides: Megabus, LA to Vegas for $1 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Megabus is a cheap bus service in the UK that launched in the Midwest last year. They just recently launched in California. What's so great about Megabus? Trips cost a buck! I priced a trip from San Francisco to San Diego on Greyhound and it cost $60. So if you want to save a buck... or not save a ...

Scania shows new ethanol hybrid bus in Helsinki 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Swedish bus and truck manufacturer Scania will be showing off their latest hybrid transit bus at the UITP public transport congress in Helsinki next week. Unlike most hybrid buses to date, this one is fueled by ethanol instead of diesel and uses ultra-capacitors instead of batteries. Scania has ...

Hybrid buses with ultra-capacitors roll out in California 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Maxwell is already pushing out its newly-released Heavy Duty Transportation module (HTM) 390-volt Boostcap ultracapacitor to industrial and transportation markets including for use in a number of hybrid city buses being rolled out in California. The HTM 390 has been designed to provide scalable, ...

Detroit area residents adapt behavior to rising gas prices 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As usual the approach of spring in Southeast Michigan comes with rising gas prices, but this year some drivers in the area are actually starting to adapt their behavior. After a brief dip down to $1.91/gallon at the beginning of the year, prices in the area are now hovering in the $2.60-2.70/gallon ...

Volvo shows off hybrid bus technology in Brussels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this week Volvo's heavy duty group showed off a new diesel hybrid bus in Brussels, Belgium. The in-house developed system is a parallel hybrid system designed for use in trucks and buses. As part of the presentation, Volvo also gave details on their Integrated Starter Alternator Motor ...

Clean diesel buses may herald a move towards hybrids Down Under 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Australian state of Victoria may be planning to trial a fleet of hybrid diesel-electric buses after recently upgrading 24 of its existing public transport buses with clean diesel models. The Australian-first Euro 4 Clean Diesel buses, which are able to reduce carbon emissions by a third, are ...

UK Transportation Chief rides a scooter, tells others to ride the bus 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I picked up this little story from The Scooter Scoop, which I can always count on to have funny little blurbs of interest. It seems that UK Transportation Chief Martin Mullaney has been chided for not taking his own advice, which is to ride the bus to work. The problem? He rides his scooter. I can ...

Modular AutoTram concept as flexible as a bus 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The AutoTram is a new streetcar concept from the Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI in Dresden, Germany which combines the flexibility of bus transport, needing no rails or overhead power lines, with the passenger carrying capacity of trams. This makes the system ...

Transport authorities embrace hybrid buses 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

When most people think of hybrid vehicles, the Prius, or other similar petrol-electric passenger vehicles come to mind. But there is another hybrid revolution under way in the stop-start world of transit buses; hybrid diesel-electrics. Around 20 percent of all transit buses are now hybrid ...

Vail goes green with hybrid bus 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

While most towns considering a switch to hybrid-electric buses are worried about reducing their fuel costs and improving air quality, in Vail, CO, the switch to hybrid electric diesel buses is most likely motivated equally as much by public relations. The first hybrid-electric bus went in to service ...

Kansas community testing plug-in hybrid bus 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

City officials in Kansas are eager to test a new plug-in hybrid bus. The first DaimlerChrysler prototype of its kind in the U.S. is scheduled to arrive within the next two weeks to be tested by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority. Officials hope to obtain an additional $1 million in ...

Bonnie Raitt's Green Highway efforts to conserve fuel 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I found this interesting set of links quite by accident after reading a review of a Bonnie Raitt concert. Raitt, a longtime environmental activist, and Kathy Kane launched the Green Highway Eco-Village project a few years ago and it's following Raitt on her current tour. Now operated by a ...

Vegetable-powered bus cooking from Tuscon to Syracuse 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

With all the news of exotic hydraulic-powered systems, ethanol-blends, gasoline-electric hybrids, and hydrogen fuel, it's easy to forget one of the simplest alternative fuels: used cooking oil. Scientists didn't forget, though, and several have joined teachers to drive a 1983 GMC diesel-engine bus ...

DCX predicts big increase in diesel-hybrid buses 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

While diesel-electric hybrid buses account for only about 10 percent of all U.S. transit agency buses, in three to five years, we should have a 50% chance of stepping on a diesel-electric hybrid bus, according to DaimlerChrysler. The CCO for the DCX Commercial Bus unit is quoted in a Reuters article ...

Ethanol-powered buses being tested around the world 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Cities worldwide will be testing a new type of ethanol-powered bus for their public transportation networks in the coming months, according to a post over at Green Car Congress. The initial tests are set for La Spezia in Italy, but other cities in Europe as well as Brazil and China will soon test ...


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