{"id":609524,"date":"2009-12-08T00:57:41","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T05:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/eco-buses-designline-hybrid-electric-bus-is-as-quiet-as-a-tomb\/"},"modified":"2009-12-08T00:57:41","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T05:57:41","slug":"eco-buses-designline-hybrid-electric-bus-is-as-quiet-as-a-tomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/609524","title":{"rendered":"Eco Buses: DesignLine hybrid electric bus is as quiet as a tomb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/08\/designline_1_6OqQb_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"designline_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Zero-emission electric bus debuts in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The latest addition to New York\u2019s formidable bus fleet is an ultra-quiet zero-emission turbine hybrid knows as the DesignLine. The bus is being touted to be as quiet as a tomb, and is fueled by a spinning turbine that recharges an onboard Li-ion battery pack. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The first phase has involved the launch of three of these hybrid buses that are operating in Brooklyn and Manhattan and cost $559,000 each. If the pilot project is approved, 87 more will arrive by the end of 2010 as a part of a $60 million contract with DesignLine.<\/p>\n<p>The zero-emission buses feature 37 seats and a brightly lit interior that makes use of LED panels. The buses are also equipped with a regenerative braking system that tops up the batteries every time the driver hits the brakes. <\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/07\/nyregion\/07bus.html?_r=1\">New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric bus debuts in New York. The latest addition to New York\u2019s formidable bus fleet is an ultra-quiet zero-emission turbine hybrid knows as the DesignLine. The bus is being touted to be as quiet as a tomb, and is fueled by a spinning turbine that recharges an onboard Li-ion battery pack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":421,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-609524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2yz2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}