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Kiessling Transit orders 32 more Lightning Hybrids hydraulic hybrid buses

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This order for 32 units follows an order last year from the Boston-area transit company for 35 units that were commissioned in September 2015. The ERS has demonstrated improvements of 25% in fuel efficiency, and significantly reduced tailpipe emissions. Earlier post.) Those vehicles have recorded close to a total of one million miles.

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Lightning Hybrids secures order for 35 hydraulic hybrid systems from Kiessling Transit

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The application of this technology will result in improved emissions, less fuel use, longer brake life, better low-end torque, and lower maintenance and operational costs. Kiessling Transit purchased a pilot vehicle equipped with the hybrid system through Lightning Hybrids’ Boston-based dealer, National Fleet Hybrids, in 2013.

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