Capital Metro tests Hybrid Diesel-Electric Bus
Capital Metro of Austin (CMTA) has put a new hybrid diesel-electric 22-foot bus through test trials. This is the direction most Texas metro transit agencies are headed: use of diesel in conjunction with alternate fuels. Last year, CMTA=A0demonstrated a=A0low floor, 40-foot Hybrid Electric Bus. Capital Metro is looking to the future for use of more alternatively fueled vehicles to combat the Austin area’s growing air pollution.
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