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Volvo to deliver plug-in hybrid buses w/ fast overhead recharging to Hamburger Hochbahn as part of development partnership

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The company has now entered into a development partnership with Volvo Bus Corporation for electric hybrid buses, and will operate three vehicles on regular service routes in the hanseatic city from the end of the year. Charging stations at the respective termini of the routes provide for the necessary recharging. Earlier post.).

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Volvo Buses officially launches the all-new plug-in Electric Hybrid bus

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Recharging takes approximately 6 minutes at end stations. Hamburg, Luxembourg and Stockholm will implement the new bus system in 2014 and 2015. —HÃ¥kan Agnevall, President Volvo Bus Corporation. The battery pack uses a heater/cooler system which operates both at the ramp and when driving. Volvo Electric Hybrid drive system.

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