Tag Archives: electric_bus
GM Ventures capital companies fund Proterra for electric-bus development
June 14, 2011General Motors has been known to churn out some pretty green vehicles before, including the famed Chevrolet Volt. Now, GM Ventures’ capital company Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers has pooled in bucks with electric bus maker Proterra for the development … Continue reading3
Leave a commentMTA phases out diesel buses for CNG, hybrids and electrics
January 17, 2011Using the public transport system in Los Angeles County will now be a much greener affair, taken that the MTA, the Metropolitan Transport Authority is keen on phasing out all its old set of wheels making place for shiny new … Continue reading3
Leave a commentElectricity powered EcoRide BE35 to hit Southern California streets soon
September 1, 2010Southern California will now play home to three new electric vehicles that will do the rounds on the streets soon. We’re talking about three clean, green, electric buses, purchased by Foothill Transit, a public transportation agency serving San Gabriel and … Continue reading3
Leave a commentMontreal’s entire bus fleet to go green and clean by 2025
May 26, 2010’s mass transit system goes greener by the day and will be at its greenest by 2025. The entire bus fleet, about 1,300 of them in all, will go electric by the time 2025 looms. And if all goes as … Continue reading3
Leave a commentThe luxurious electricity-powered Superbus
March 22, 2010At first glance, this vehicle reminds us of a futuristic stretch-limo. The Dutch students building this vehicle prefer to call it the “Superbus” though. This all-electric vehicle can carry 23 passengers and has a body of aluminum and carbon fiber. … Continue reading3
Leave a commentPURES concept solar powered electric buses purify air as they travel
October 8, 2009PURES bus is an award winning design concept from Korea. The main idea behind this design is that since we have now polluted the planet enough with the vehicles on the road why not turn those vehicles into air filters … Continue reading3
Leave a commentThree organizations step in to work on the much awaited Electric bus project in Japan
August 13, 2009Japan had decided to launch its first EV (Electric Vehicle) bus by 2012 and the first prototype is set to release by 2010. To give momentum to the project, Kanagawa Prefecture, Isuzu, Toshiba, Tpeco and Keio University stepped in to … Continue reading3
Leave a commentFully electric bus Solo EV launched by Optare
April 2, 2009Cars, bikes, trucks and now electric buses. UK-based Optare PLC has introduced the Solo EV, a full battery-electric bus available in lengths of 8.1m, 8.8m and 9.5m and widths of either 2.3m or 2.5m. The buses feature an Enova Systems … Continue reading3
Leave a comment