Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2009

New hybrid buses in London. Separately, four of 10 new Optare Tempos equipped with the GM-Allison Hybrid EP-System recently became operational in East London—the first buses using the patented two-mode parallel hybrid technology in the UK. The Optare Tempo hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) such as the Toyota Prius have been an important market for nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries. However, the best current technology to store the energy required by electric motors is the lithium-ion battery, and most (although not all) types of such batteries contain nickel.

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Green Cars News

JULY 1, 2009

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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Freight Bus was one of the losing entrants in London mayor Boris Johnson’scompetition to design a new bus for the capital. Peter Roach, Birmingham, UK Nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries powered the late GM EV1 and still power hundreds of Toyota RAV4 EVs, some over 100,000 miles. Please read our Privacy Policy.To

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