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£30M Fund for Low Carbon Buses in the UK; New GM-Allison Hybrid Buses in London

Green Car Congress

A Low Carbon Emission Bus (LCEB) is a bus that is able to achieve the LCEB target for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, which is equivalent to a 30% reduction in its Greenhouse Gas Emissions compared to a current Euro 3 diesel bus of the same total passenger capacity. The Optare Tempo hybrid. New hybrid buses in London.

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Unique hybrid propulsion system makes UK debut on London buses

Green Cars News

Bus passengers in East London are the first in the UK to experience a unique form of hybrid power with four of 10 new Optare Tempos equipped with the GM-Allison Hybrid EP-System recently becoming operational. TfL currently operates more than 2,500 buses equipped with the smooth fully automatic transmissions across London.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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The 2011 start date has been chosen to coincide with theexpected introduction of a wider variety of electric and plug-in hybrid carsin Britain. How far hybrids will be encouraged in the new government initiative remains tobe seen. Electric cars remain dependent on the development of better,affordable batteries.