Category Archives: Public transportation

Volvo Hybrid Bus 7700

Posted on June 9, 2010 by mmt

The bus is on trail in Denmark for two weeks: The diesel motor stops when the bus stops. Then the bus is silence. When accelerating it uses the electric motor up to about 20 km/h and then the diesel motor … Continue reading →

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BEL = Battery Electric Locomotive :-)

Posted on November 8, 2009 by mmt

I would never expect to see a large Locomotive running on batteries, but Norfolk Southern has made this:   http://www.nscorp.com/nscportal/nscorp/Media/News%20Releases/2009/batteries.html

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Electric bus from Car Ind

Posted on November 3, 2009 by mmt

This bus is a Renault that had been completely rebuild by Car Ind http://www.car-ind.com/   This is the actually an ampere meter. The 2A (=2 Amps) is the “idle” current like light and ventilation. When the compressor was running it … Continue reading →

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London Hybrid bus

Posted on November 3, 2009 by mmt

I was in London for en environment conference at Heathrow airport. In the evening I had the option to try the Hybrid bus on route 16.   London now has 4 different marks of hybrids all together 56 busses in … Continue reading →

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