Staten Island is changing over 15% of its bus fleet to hybrid electrics. Within two years, they’ll add 159 Next Generation Orion VIIs to their stash, helping to cut down on pollution and fuel use and becoming the first municipality in the whole U S of A to get these green busses.
Busses get a ridiculously bad gas mileage, and the hybrid version will boost that from 2.5 mpg to 3.4 mpg. While that’s still horrible, it is definitely an improvement. More efficient busses are a concern of many cities, especially as a way to jump much closer to carbon cutting goals. Ann Arbor grabbed a few last year, and companies are working on better hybrid versions to further clean up city transportation. Perhaps we’ll someday see a version of Toyota’s wireless electric hybrid pulling into city stops.
Via GoodCleanTech
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written by Paul, September 11, 2008
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written by Eric, September 11, 2008
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written by jake3988, September 13, 2008
2.5mpg you'd use 20000 gallons of fuel. Yes, 20000 gallons.
3.4mpg you'd use about 14700 gallons of fuel. A savings of over 5000 gallons.
So it may not look like much, but it really is. Multiply 5000 gallons by the number of buses in major cities around the world and you could imagine the amount of fuel we could save just by increasing this by a measly .9mpg.
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written by Boirs, October 19, 2008
http://e-traction.com/progress_Whisper.htm
They were promising 17mpg or better back in 2007 :(
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