[All] Viable Electric Bus Option

[Robert Milligan]

Hi Lulu,

Thanks for being alert for new transportation technology developments  
Lulu. I have mentioned before the Proterra electric bus (http://green.autoblog.com/2009/02/08/proterra-touring-california-with-fast-charging-electric-bus/ 
). Also an electric bus has been operation in GB for many years. And  
Ford has a small hydrogen bus. Of course buses do not have the  
attraction-power or speed or capacity or energy efficiency or the long  
term operating and replacement cost savings or environmental and  
social benefits generally as an LRT. But electric &/or hydrogen buses  
would be excellent LRT express-bus connectors.

Best wishes,
Robert


On 8-Oct-10, at 12:19 PM, Louisette Lanteigne wrote:

> Opbrid, a company based in Spain, has just unveiled its Bůsbaar  
> charging system for electric buses. It leverages technologies  
> developed by the European rail industry and a special type of  
> Lithium Titanate (nLTO) battery that allows rapid charge capability  
> and a very large number of deep discharge cycles. This system would  
> allow electric buses to have smaller batteries (thus less expensive)  
> that are recharged more often; 5-6 minutes at each end of a bus  
> route would be enough to allow an EV bus to operate all day.
>
> For more info visit here:
> http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/opbrid-overhead-fast-charging-system-for-electric-buses.php
>
> Lulu
>
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