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A hybrid bus that cuts fuel consumption in half

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 city burns about 60 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers, which equates to about 4 mpg. So the claim from British company that it can squeeze 10 mpg Imperial (8 mpg US, 29 l/100km) comes as a very welcome surprise. This bus was created by Revolve Technologies and supplied to Wrightbus, a company that already has 20 hybrid Gemini 2 HEV buses (traditional ... Read more →

London announces that Aston Martin has winning bus design Jeremy Korzeniewski

What would a modern take on the old London Routemaster double-decker bus look like? How would it function, and what would power it? One more question: who would design it? The answer to all of ...

A hybrid bus that cuts fuel consumption in half 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 city burns about 60 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers, which equates to about 4 mpg. So the claim from ...

London announces that Aston Martin has winning bus design 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

What would a modern take on the old London Routemaster double-decker bus look like? How would it function, and what would power it? One more question: who would design it? The answer to all of these questions has just been answered, and a surprising contender has emerged from an unlikely ...


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