It’ll Be All Change On Buses
I was searching for something else and found this article about hybrid-buses in The Engineer.
One new concept, I’ve not come across before is what is called Flybus, which uses a flywheel as a battery.
I am convinced that hybrid buses are the future, as I have three routes that are partly hybrid near me. From a noise point of view they are so much better for customers and bystanders alike and of course they use a lot less fuel
[…] replace every couple of years or so, they are one of the major running costs of a hybrid bus. But Torotrak have come up with a flywheel-based solution to store energy. Someone will make it […]
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