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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (4075)	5/4/2006 4:53:48 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24240

(I guess I'll be the party pooper to point out that 1.5 mil gallons a year ain't much in a country consuming 20 mil BPD.) GM Hybrid-Powered Buses Delivered to Montgomery County, MD Montgomery County celebrates Earth Day by becoming the 36th Community to Opt for GM's Fuel-Saving Technology Ride On, the Montgomery County Division of Transit, today announced the addition of five buses powered by General Motors' diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system to its mass transit fleet. ... Since 2004, more than 440 GM hybrid-powered buses have been delivered to communities in the U.S. and Canada, including two other transit agencies servicing Maryland, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA) and the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA). The estimated annual combined fuel savings for the 440 GM hybrid-powered buses is 650,000 gallons. ... "The General Motors hybrid diesel-electric drive system for buses uses the most efficient parallel hybrid architecture available in the world today," said Tom Stephens, group vice president of GM Powertrain. "If the U.S. had only 1,000 GM hybrid powered buses operating in major cities, the cumulative savings would be more than 1.5 million gallons of fuel annually." By the end of the year, another 236 GM hybrid-powered buses are expected to be delivered to several cities. theoildrum.com