Buses
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Utah's Zion National Park may convert its propane buses to electric power.
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Huge Chinese road-straddling elevated bus carries first passengers (video)
You may have seen the renderings floating around the web, showing designs for a huge Chinese bus riding on rails over a multi-lane road. What a wild and wacky idea. Except that it's real, and it has already been built. And it just carried its first passengers this week on a shakedown run. DON'T...
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Volvo electric buses: quiet enough for classic-music concerts
Volvo electric buses are serving as mobile concert halls in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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First all-electric London double-decker bus in service; made in China by BYD
BYD will supply five electric double-decker buses.
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Chicago Transit Authority To Add Dozens Of Electric Buses After Successful Tests
The Chicago Transit Authority will order 20 to 30 electric buses after successful tests of two vehicles.
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The Country's Cleanest Yellow School Bus Is All-Electric
Several companies are collaborating on an all-electric school bus.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released proposed standards that would further boost the fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses, starting in the 2021 model year and running through 2027. The new regulations were announced on Friday by Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and the EPA. The White House cited the rules as another element in its strategy to reduce U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions at least 26 percent by 2030, compared to levels in 2005. DON'T MISS: Daimler Unveils SuperTruck; 12-MPG Semi Is More Than Twice As Fuel-Efficient Full details of the proposed rules are...
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BYD Doubles Down On Electric Car, Bus Investment For China
BYD plans to use money from a spun-off subsidiary to grow its electric-vehicle business.
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80-Foot Long Electric Bus Concept From Poland: Uses Fuel Cells Too
Polish company Solaris and researchers plan a new type of electrified bus.
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Portland Tests BYD K9 All-Electric Passenger Bus: Quick Ride
If Warren Buffett needed to catch a ride across town, we suspect he might do it exactly the way that we did this past week: in an all-electric BYD bus. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway famously invested big in China’s BYD Motors in late 2008 -- likely spurred by the company’s...
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Proterra Electric Bus Travels 700 Miles In 24 Hours With Regular Recharging
Proterra says its 700-mile test is a record for miles driven by an electric bus in one day.
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BYD's Long Beach, CA, Electric-Bus Deal On Indefinite Hold Now
Long Beach Transit will restart bidding for its electric buses, after Federal officials questioned the legitimacy of BYD's original bid.
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A lack of documentation when BYD was first awarded its $12.1 million contract could jeopardize the entire program.
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California Launches Country's First All-Electric School Bus
Electric school buses can save districts money, and improve children's health.
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BYD Electric Transit Bus Delivers 155 Miles Of Range In Quebec Test
So far, the controversial BYD electric bus has proven satisfactory in Canadian testing.
Stephen Edelstein -
BYD Fined Over Wages On CA Electric-Bus Project Jobs
BYD was fined by the state of California for paying temporary Chinese workers less than minimum wage.
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LA Metro Chooses Electric Buses From Chinese Company BYD
You might think that the 25 electric buses to be purchased by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority would be roundly applauded. That's not necessarily the case. LA Metro announced yesterday afternoon that it would spend $30 million to buy up to 25 of the battery-electric buses made...
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BYD e6 Chinese Electric Car Won't Be Sold To Consumers In U.S.
BYD, a company struggling to sell its e6 electric crossover in its home market, has decided it won't be sold at all to private customers in the U.S. Instead, says the ChinaEV blog, the e6 will be a fleet-only vehicle in the U.S, as the company instead concentrates on its electric bus sales in North...
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Greyhound Lines Inc.'s buses are one of America's icons, serving over 3,700 destinations in the U.S, Canada and Mexico. The once-famous bare-metal livery may have disappeared in the last few decades, but over 25 million passengers still use the services every year--making improvements to the company's fleet a high priority. To this end, Greyhound's recent order for 220 new clean diesel buses--its biggest order in 20 years--should have a significant effect on the fleet's environmental impact. Two companies, Motor Coach Industries and Prevost of the Volvo Group, will supply the new buses...
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Electric Buses Good For CA? Not If Made By Chinese Company, It Seems
We might live in a global economy, but in periods of economic downturn people like to know they're supporting their own country's economy. That's why some are a little displeased by Long Beach Transit's decision to buy ten elecric buses--made by a Chinese company. According to The Press-Telegram...
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GM Ups Investment In Electric-Bus Maker Proterra
General Motors' venture capital arm GM Ventures has invested for the second time in Proterra Inc, an electric bus maker. The Greenville, South Carolina company makes the EcoRide, a battery-electric bus that achieves the equivalent of 24 mpg in a diesel-engined bus. Proterra's EcoRide can also be...
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Imagine A World Without Gasoline Cars, Then Fly There To See It
Gasoline and diesel fuel today power almost every one of the 1 billion vehicles on the planet. But what would it be like to live in a town with no gas-powered cars at all? The little Swiss skiing village of Zermatt may be one of the few places in the world where it's possible to experience such a...
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Superbus Electric 'Sports Bus' Now Road Legal, Ready For UAE
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Superbus! Buses aren't normally the most exciting method of transport. Though popular in Europe, in the U.S. they're more often regarded as something to be avoided at all costs. Maybe we'd be more keen to ride the bus if it was a Superbus? It looks hugely cool...
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Wubbo Ockels' Electric Superbus Undergoes Winter Testing: Video
Dutch astronaut Wubbo Ockels is also the driving force behind the development of a high-speed, electric powered bus.
Kurt Ernst