Ann Arbor’s hybrid buses continue to lead the way to sustainability
Ann Arbor is at the top of the list when it comes to adopting fuel-efficient hybrid technology for public transit.Excerpt:If you wonder whether hybrid-electric vehicles will ever catch on, simply ask one of the millions of people who ride in them every day.Hybrid-electric buses, that is.Transit systems from New York to Taipei, and from Ames, Iowa, to Ann Arbor, Mich., are adding hybrid buses at a rapid clip. New York, by far, has the nation’s biggest fleet of hybrid buses, which run on electricity and diesel fuel, with nearly 1,000 in all five boroughs, most in Manhattan.Read the rest of the story here.
Ann Arbor is at the top of the list when it comes to adopting fuel-efficient hybrid technology for public transit.
Excerpt:
If you wonder whether hybrid-electric vehicles will ever catch on, simply ask one of the millions of people who ride in them every day.
Hybrid-electric buses, that is.
Transit systems from New York to Taipei, and from Ames, Iowa, to Ann Arbor, Mich., are adding hybrid buses at a rapid clip. New York, by far, has the nation’s biggest fleet of hybrid buses, which run on electricity and diesel fuel, with nearly 1,000 in all five boroughs, most in Manhattan.
Read the rest of the story here.
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