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Hybrids: Taken for an Enviro-Friendly Ride

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Rancid13, Jan 9, 2006.

  1. Rancid13

    Rancid13 Cool Chick with a Black Prius

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    Hybrids: Taken for an Enviro-Friendly Ride

    Newsweek

    Jan. 9, 2006 issue - King County, which encompasses Seattle, has a bus fleet of 1,400. Only 236 are hybrids, but fleet manager Jim Boon anticipates that number will multiply: "Having the stored energy in the batteries gives us much better fuel economy."

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    #1 Rancid13, Jan 9, 2006
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    There are some more details on the Seattle hybrid busses in this PriusChat thread.

    This wasn't initially a smooth ride, and there were complaints; however, now that the "bus tunnel" is closed to turn it into a "light rail tunnel" (see the thread mentioned above), the hybrid busses should be seeing much better return on investment.
     
    #2 bookrats, Jan 11, 2006
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