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NEW HYBRID SCHOOL BUS SAVES GAS/REDUCES EMISSIONS.

Publication: Industrial Environment
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Imagine the environmental impact if all of California's school buses were able to double their fuel efficiency and eliminate up to 40 percent of their greenhouse gas emissions. That's not the premise for a futuristic Hollywood movie, it's reality for one California school district.

IC Bus, LLC, the largest school bus manufacturer in North America and affiliate of Navistar, Inc. (NYSE:NAV) delivered a revolutionary new hybrid diesel electric school bus to Napa Valley Unified School District last year -- the only hybrid diesel electric school bus in California.

While most "diesel-only" powered school buses achieve an average of six to seven miles per gallon, Ralph Knight, transportation director at Napa Valley School District, was surprised to learn just how much fuel the hybrid diesel electric school bus could...

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