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Long Beach Transit Puts 25 New Gasoline-Electric Hybrid Buses in Service

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Long Beach (California) Transit (LBT) has put 25 new gasoline-electric hybrid buses into service. The New Flyer of America buses use the ISE Corporation ThunderVolt hybrid drive system, as do the earlier 62 hybrids in the LBT fleet. liter V-10 gasoline engine mated to a Siemens ELFA generator and motor system.

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Maxwell Technologies Delivers One-Millionth Large Cell Ultracapacitor

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The company announced its first automotive design-in, for voltage stabilization and idle-stop-start functionality in micro hybrid autos, with Tier 1 automotive supplier Continental AG in September 2009, and initial series production for a major European automaker is set to begin this year. Earlier post.).

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ZF and ISE Plan to Collaborate to Supply Electric Hybrid Drive Systems and Components to North American Vehicle Market

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ZF is one of the world’s leading automotive industry suppliers specializing in driveline and chassis technologies. ISE is a leader in the area of heavy-duty electric series hybrid drive systems, with offerings including gasoline hybrid, fuel cell hybrid, diesel hybrid and battery-dominant drive systems.

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NREL and California Partners to Provide up to $13.5M to Support Natural Gas Engine and Vehicle Development; Focus on Medium and Heavy-Duty Trucks and Buses

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ISE Corporation , Poway, Calif. Develop a hybrid natural gas transit bus based on the Ford V10 gasoline engine. These engines operate in a wide variety of Class 8 vehicles (such as short and long-haul delivery trucks) across the US today. Cummins Westport , Vancouver, Canada and Autocar LLC , Hagarstown, Ind. Develop an 11.9-liter

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ISE Corp. Introduces CNG Series Hybrid System for Transit Buses

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California-based ISE Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of ISE Limited, is accepting orders for a new battery-dominant (i.e., ISE currently delivers gasoline, diesel and fuel cell series hybrid systems for the transit industry.

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