VOLVO LAUNCHES THE MARKET’S FIRST COMMERCIALLY VIABLE HYBRID BUS
The Volvo 7700 Hybrid has hybrid components which were developed and built by Volvo. It claims a fuel consumption which is 30% lower than with conventional diesel buses. According to calculations by Volvo, bus operators can earn a payback on the extra cost in only five to seven years.
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTS EXHIBITION & FORUM 2008 IN MANILA
Under the auspices of the ANGVA, the Asia Pacific Natural Gas Vehicle Association, this event was organised during the end of August 2008 and supported by a number of manufacturers related to natural gas products, among them quite a number of Chinese participants.
VOLVO INTRODUCES FOURTH-GENERATION HYBRID SOLUTION
Volvo is now introducing the fourth-generation hybrid solution on a broad front in buses, trucks and construction equipment. Volvo has been testing various types of hybrid solutions since the 1980s and Volvo Group unveiled the first commercially viable hybrid solution for heavy vehicles in March 2006.
SOLARIS PRESENTS LOW-FLOOR TRAM
The increasing need for mobility requires thoughtful commitment to high-quality, high-capacity public transport for the future. Therefore Solaris presents a state-of-the-art low-floor tram. Solaris will apply the winning formula of the Urbino family of low floor city buses – reliable quality, sophisticated design and excellent comfort – to rail-based transport. The first Solaris-built tram will take to the rails of European cities in summer 2009.
EV AMERICA: MARKET EAGER FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID BUSES
One of the youngest North American bus manufacturers is EV America of Chattanooga, Tennessee who started production last year, and due to the rise of fuel prices found out that she came on the market at exactly the right moment. Besides hybrid vehicles she manufactures and sells buses with plug-in electric drive.
