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South Korea’s electric buses
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
As of 21 December 2010 citizens of the South Korean city, Seoul have been able to enjoy a new form of eco friendly public transport. A fleet of electric buses now runs on the city’s central route, marking the first time that this type of public transport has operated commercially.
The vehicles were constructed in partnership by Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hankuk Fiber. Each peanut-shaped vehicle is 11.05 metres in length and can travel 83 kilometres on a single charge, at a maximum speed of 100 kilometres per hour. The high capacity lithium ion battery can be fully charged in under 30 minutes with a high speed charger – very convenient! Engineers have also incorporated a system that allows the buses to collect and re-use energy when driving downhill.
Other cities like Los Angeles and Mumbai are experiementing with electric public transport, but Seoul is the most impressive so far, having committed to converting 50% of all public transport vehicles to electric power by 2020.
We like this a lot, great news to start off the new year!
Posted in: Blog, Electric Vehicles
Lange says:
26 January 2011 at 12:58 pm
Dear,
greatful electric buses.
I need one of this, for my own Marketing !
C.L.
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