150 VDL BUSES FOR GHANA
Published at 18.08.2008 in International developments, Public transport
VDL Bus & Coach is once again to deliver 150 buses to the Ghanaian Metro Mass Transit Ltd, the company responsible for all of Ghana’s public transport. This brings the Total since 2003 to 500 units.
VOITH LAUNCHES TWO HYBRID SYSTEMS
Voith has developed the DIWAhybrid based upon the proven DIWA technology and supplemented it by an asynchronous motor. The strength of this parallel hybrid lies in its universal suitability, especially for applications in buses with higher average speeds. In heavy city traffic, Voith relies on the serial hybrid solution ElvoDrive. The core component for both solutions is an inverter especially developed by Voith for hybrid applications in buses.
CHANGE TO CLEAN TRANSPORT AS RESULT OF THE BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES
The municipality of Beijing took more than 200 measures to improve air quality in the past ten years. UN Environment Program (UNEP) has been working with the Beijing Olympic Committee for the last three years in order to help make the Summer Games environmentally-friendly.
FREE HYBRID SHUTTLE AT TOKYO HANEDA AIRPORT
Two Japanese bus manufacturers have supplied four hybrid buses fitted with a diesel-electric driveline for free shuttle bus services at the Tokyo Haneda airport. Hino has supplied one while Mitsubishi Fuso supplied three: these vehicles now link Haneda's first, second and international terminals, covering a distance of about 4.2 kilometers, and in one day, they may each travel up to 300 km.
TAT DEVELOPS FIRST HYBRID BUS FOR BUENOS AIRES
Argentinian bus manufacturer TAT has started developing the country’s first hybrid city bus, which will be ready coming December and uses local technology and components. The project is an initiative of the Buenos Aires Environmental Agency along with the La Plata University and bus manufacturer TAT, short for Tecnología Avanzada en Transporte, and part of the Cometrans group, which also owns a number of transportation companies.
