New York's New Battery Bus
Check out the new test bus running around midtown Manhattan these days. It's battery powered (though the battery is charged by a diesel engine with help from the brake system a la Prius) and gets better mileage than the city's fleet of current hybrid buses:
Jerry Higgins, the director of new bus technology for New York City Transit, said the manufacturer predicts the bus will get about seven miles per gallon, which is about double the fuel efficiency of the transportation authority’s current hybrid bus fleet.
Nice to read some good news every once in a blue moon ...
