Volvo Markets First Hybrid Bus: Volvo 7700
This is the first commercially viable hybrid bus that should see the market place by 2010. Using a combo diesel and lithium ion battery the 7700 Hybrid decreases CO2 emissions by 30%, doesn’t idle at lights and stops, reduces particle and nitrous oxide emissions by 40-50%, carries more passengers, and runs quieter than its fully diesel counterpart.
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The cost for the 7700 Hybrid could add to profits for fuel savings over its diesel version after 5-7 years of operation. With the addition of the batteries, which are extremely heavy, the hybrid weighs only 100kg more and can accommodate an extra 7 passengers. The batteries are recharged by the energy created while braking and the resistance can be so strong it stops the bus itself.
When the 7700 is at stops or idle the engine is off and when it’s time to start the electric motor almost silently accelerates the bus to 25-30mph before the diesel takes over. This means less noise and pollution for passengers and bystanders.
The 7700 also has some comparatively sleek and sweeping design lines as well.
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6 Comments, Comment or Ping
Uncle B
Funny how GM, Ford or Chrysler didn’t come up with something as slick as this first. I suppose it took European engineers and European corporate views to see the light and make real progress. I think I will encourage my daughter to send the grand-children to European schools, our boys’ greatest achievement, the latest one, is a 620 hp. 8 mpg, 230mph Corvette. They produced this “masterpiece of folly” just in time for the depression, in a country where the max. speed is 60 - 70 mph, at a time when gasoline costs over $4.00 a gallon! The shitheads! Is this what we sent them to school for??
Sep 30th, 2008
James LeClaire
Isn’t Volvo partially owned by Ford?
Sep 30th, 2008
Dan
Seattle has been operating GM hybrid buses since 2005 at least. New Flyer hybrid buses have been out for a while.
Sep 30th, 2008
Bill Joe Jim Bob Roy Boy
Uncle B get a grip and relax
Oct 29th, 2008
mik
o fuck
3 years ago solaris start producing hybrid bus http://www.solarisbus.pl/hybrid.html
and now everyware i see this stupid news “vlvo was first”
solaris i riding in Warsaw, Berlin, Poznań
Nov 19th, 2008
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