NEW STUDY SHOWS MOTORCOACHES ACHIEVE 200+ MPG PER RIDER
Published at 14.11.2008 in Public transport, Environment
With this outcome coaches provide a better fuel efficiency among the various travel models researched – 14 in total. Motorcoaches lead every other of these travel modes in terms of their fuel efficiency on a per-passenger basis, averaging more than 200 passenger miles per gallon (70 per liter), according to a new study by MJ Bradley & Associates released by the American Bus Association Foundation.
VW POSTPONES TRUCK AND BUS DECISIONS
Volkswagen won't decide until next year if there will be closer cooperation among Scania, MAN and its own truck and bus making operations, its CEO has said. "No longer this year," Martin Winterkorn told Reuters about the timing of such a move. In July he said the VW management would address the situation in autumn, the news agency noted.
AIR-PURIFYING STONES ON TRIAL
The Dutch University of Twente (UT) are paving a test road section in the Dutch city of Hengelo with air-purifying stones. These concrete stones contain titanium dioxide, a photocatalytic material, which uses sunlight to convert the nitrogen oxides in the air into harmless nitrates. The rain then washes the streets clean.
VOLVO B7R WITH BUSSCAR BODY FOR ANGOLA
Published at 11.11.2008 in International developments, Public transport
Volvo do Brasil and the Brazilian body manufacturer Busscar have received an order from Angola to deliver 250 buses, to be used by the public transport company of the capital Luanda. The order was issued by the Ministry of Transport of Angola.
WILL DIESEL BE COMING FROM FUNGII SOON?
Published at 11.11.2008 in Alternatives, Environment
Petroleum geologists normally look for oil underground. Gary Strobel made his strike by pruning a tree. In a recent issue of Science an article in the American journal Microbiology is quoted in which Strobel, a plant pathologist at Montana State University of Bozeman, and colleagues report that Gliocladium roseum - a novel fungus they discovered hidden within a stem from a scraggly tree in northern Patagonia - produces dozens of the same midlength hydrocarbons found in gasoline, diesel fuel, and jet fuel. The fungus may help companies convert the chemical energy stored in plants into liquid fuels capable of replacing fossil fuels.
