Thread: Rant of the Month
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Old 02-21-2008, 10:52 PM
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Default Re: Rant of the Month
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Originally Posted by arbittan View Post
ChicagoHCHII,
I feel where you are coming from but I also don't....

GM currently manufactures the Buses here in the Washington DC area. Of those buses, they are a mix of Natural Gas, Hybrid/Electric, and regular Gas. Now the Hybrid Bus might not save a lot in Gas but it is saving something...

I wouldn't want the older buses that GM use to make for us. We have less smog in our area now because of the usage of these "not so great" hybrids.....

I want to say more but I will reserve...

Thanks
That's useful progress on the part of GM. Obviously, hybrid busses will save significant fuel for a transit agency, just as the electric engines, made by GM, used by MARC and Amtrak for their trains in the northeast do. GM obviously has the potential...

Now if they could just do the same beyond a 2-mode Tahoe, we'd be in business...
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