King Long Hybrid-Electric Buses
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Originally posted by SBS7322B:
It's not called Big Bird Airport la. It's Haneda Airport in the outskirts of Tokyo. It's mainly for Domestic flights.
If I'm not wrong Hybrid buses reuses some of the braking power and convert into energy for the bus.
NRT is considered in the outskirts. HND is considered within city limits.
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Originally posted by Fryderyk HPH:
NRT is considered in the outskirts. HND is considered within city limits.
Serious? It's 2 hours by coach from downtown Tokyo to HND.
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Originally posted by SBS7322B:
Serious? It's 2 hours by coach from downtown Tokyo to HND.
2hr is more likely for NRT.
HND is just south of Greater Tokyo, NRT is way in the countryside.
Picture below. Shaded area just above HND is Tokyo City Centre. HND is 16min by Monorail to Tokyo Centre, whilst the Narita Express takes more than an hour at hi-speed.
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Originally posted by Fryderyk HPH:
2hr is more likely for NRT.
HND is just south of Greater Tokyo, NRT is way in the countryside.
Picture below. Shaded area just above HND is Tokyo City Centre. HND is 16min by Monorail to Tokyo Centre, whilst the Narita Express takes more than an hour at hi-speed.
Oh yeah. I forgot. I took both the Haneda Airport Monorail and the Narita Express before.
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Originally posted by SBS7322B:
Oh yeah. I forgot. I took both the Haneda Airport Monorail and the Narita Express before.
K let's get back to topic.
Took a similar type the last time in Tokyo, some hybrid electric-diesel thingy bus...
Braking was very smooth...Full low-floor too.
Many senior citizen homes use these kind of buses(there are like shortened variants of the Darts) as shuttles. -
Originally posted by Fryderyk HPH:
NRT is considered in the outskirts. HND is considered within city limits.
i can vouch for that
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Originally posted by ^tamago^:
i can vouch for that
OT:
Nearly died taking the 1hr15min N'EXride from NRT T1 to Shinjuku...
P5 then B7, P5 then B7, like this for the whole trip -
Originally posted by Fryderyk HPH:
OT:
Nearly died taking the 1hr15min N'EXride from NRT T1 to Shinjuku...
P5 then B7, P5 then B7, like this for the whole tripSo jerky? That time I take it was cruising fairly most of the route.
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Another 1st from SMRT?
Cheers.
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Ha....i find one photo
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Looks like this one?
http://english.chinabuses.com/news/2009/0701/article_1785.html
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Originally posted by Basiling:
Ha....i find one photo
Mitsubishi Aero Star Eco-Hybrid BJG-MP37TMF. Heisei 17 Emission Regulation compliant (Euro 4 equivalent in some values) PM/NOx (10 percent) reduction category, Heisei 27 Fuel Consumption Regulation compliant (>14 tons GVW, 4.23 km/l) hybrid vehicle.
I can't imagine a European vehicle compliant to so many regulations.
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Originally posted by darthboy:
Looks like this one?
http://english.chinabuses.com/news/2009/0701/article_1785.html
the interior looks alot like the second batch of OCs
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It seems like there will be a "green vehicle launch" at CEC today, organised by STK.
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Originally posted by darthboy:
Looks like this one?
http://english.chinabuses.com/news/2009/0701/article_1785.html
Yes, the seats look completely the same as the newspaper article in The Straits Time.
By the way, the exit doors are also like the Mercs Citaros O530, no plug doors.
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Originally posted by Basiling:
Ha....i find one photo
Kind of reminds me of the UDs,why,rear doors
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Originally posted by SGCar:
Another 1st from SMRT?
Cheers.
SMRT is the 1st to have a lot of 1st
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The hybrid bus, is hardly green at all.
Just think of the production of its huge-ass battery, just how much rare earth would be needed to mine, and then the production process, how much CO2 would be produced at the same time (if you will), and then the by-products created that would be disposed somehow.
Its just a novelty.
Nothing more.
At the end of the day, its just as bad to the environment. Its just where the pollution goes, and when its mostly produced. Even if the CO2 produced by the bus is reduced, if we focus on the Kyoto Protocol, then we're simply transferring the carbon credit to another place in the world, where the rare earth gets mined and refined.
In other words, we're still not doing enough for the environment and the hype over such a bus is therefore somewhat meaningless.
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Quoted from http://english.chinabuses.com/news/2009/0701/article_1785.html:
'...Other amenities of the new bus include seat belts and special lift for those physically challenged...'
Wow, the new king long is equipped with a special lift for WAB passengers! This is very interesting since OC/Yutong only had a manual ramp to access the bus.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
The hybrid bus, is hardly green at all.
Just think of the production of its huge-ass battery, just how much rare earth would be needed to mine, and then the production process, how much CO2 would be produced at the same time (if you will), and then the by-products created that would be disposed somehow.
Its just a novelty.
Nothing more.
At the end of the day, its just as bad to the environment. Its just where the pollution goes, and when its mostly produced. Even if the CO2 produced by the bus is reduced, if we focus on the Kyoto Protocol, then we're simply transferring the carbon credit to another place in the world, where the rare earth gets mined and refined.
In other words, we're still not doing enough for the environment and the hype over such a bus is therefore somewhat meaningless.
Yeah very true.No matter what,humans are always destroying the earth bit by bit and then they claim it's 'environmentally friendly' when they come up with something new.Like u say,no matter what they come up with,they are still harming the environment anyway.
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Brickston Transport signs MOU with ST Kinetics.
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was also signed amongst ST Kinetics, King Long Singapore and Brickston Transport Service, regarding the local transport operator's intent to trial a fleet of hybrid diesel-electric buses.
The first ever diesel-hybrid electric city bus in Singapore has achieved fuel savings of up to 30% through more than 10,000 km of road trials..
Source - STK Press Release
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Pardon me for saying this but the tow tractor used by both apron and baggage side is a big flop.Too slow and too noisy.You raised the speed then the battery goes haywire.A lot of accident happen ardy.
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Originally posted by SMRT BUSES LuvER:
Quoted from http://english.chinabuses.com/news/2009/0701/article_1785.html:
'...Other amenities of the new bus include seat belts and special lift for those physically challenged...'
Wow, the new king long is equipped with a special lift for WAB passengers! This is very interesting since OC/Yutong only had a manual ramp to access the bus.
no lift, but just a ramp only....
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Originally posted by lemon1974:
no lift, but just a ramp only....
Auto or manual?
