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  • ...motor vehicles. As it was so popular the company was purchased by a large bus operator, '''Thomas Tilling''', and renamed '''Tilling Stevens'''. ...ated its position with bus operators in the World War I because the petrol electric chassis were not considered suitable by the Army for use in France. However
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  • ...in Canada and '''Bus Industries of America''' in the United States, is a [[bus manufacturer]] based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and established by the ...gas|CNG]], [[Diesel engine|diesel]], or [[diesel-electric]] (hybrid). The hybrid model is further available with a lead-acid or a lithium-ion battery.
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  • ...oncerns in China, especially has good relationships to Japanese automobile manufacturers, [[Isuzu]], [[Honda]], and [[Toyota]]. These are not for providing to the C ...ngzhou Isuzu Bus (广州五十铃客车) — With [[Isuzu]] manufacturing Isuzu's [[bus|buses]]
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  • ! colspan=2 | '''Lohner-Porsche Mixte Hybrid''' | Two/four hub-mounted electric motors, driven by petrol engine.
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  • ...ric hybrid is a vehicle that is powered by both a [[diesel engine]] and an electric motor. Trains have relied on this technology for decades. ...sions and fuel consumption. The diesel engine's high torque, combined with hybrid technology, may offer performance in a car of over 100 mpg US (2.35L per 10
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  • '''New Flyer Industries Inc.''' is a [[bus]] manufacturer in North America, headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canad ...s name to '''New Flyer Industries Limited'''. Den Oudsten Bussen B.V was a bus manufacturer in its native country, the Netherlands.
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Iveco''' is an Italian [[truck]], [[bus]], [[SUV]] and [[diesel engine]] manufacturer, based in Turin, Italy. It is ...e'''hicle '''Co'''rporation, an alliance among European commercial vehicle manufacturers such as [[Fiat]] (including [[Officine Meccaniche|OM]] and [[Lancia|Lancia
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  • ...he hydrogen is turned into electricity through fuel cells which then power electric motors. ...y produce more pollution than would use of that energy in [[plug-in hybrid electric vehicles]]. Hydrogen fuel cells generate less CO<sub>2</sub> than conventio
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  • A '''Petroleum Electric Hybrid Vehicle''' (PEHV) is a vehicle using an on-board [[rechargeable energy stor ...l components. This meaning has fallen out of use. In the [[import scene]], hybrid was often used to describe an [[engine swap]]. Some have also referred to [
    48 KB (7,153 words) - 16:31, 25 September 2009
  • ...n]]s which were patterned in size after the [[Volkswagen Type 2|Volkswagen Bus]]. The [[Corvair]] based entry even aped the rear mounted air cooled engine ...ers to make box vans, ambulances, campers and other vehicles. Second stage manufacturers also modify the original manufacturer's body to create [[custom van]]s for
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  • '''Battery electric vehicles''' or '''BEV'''s are [[electric vehicle]]s whose main energy storage is in the chemical energy of batteries ...re sometimes used, forming a type of [[hybrid vehicle]]. Batteries used in electric vehicles include "flooded" lead-acid, absorbed glass mat, NiCd, nickel meta
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  • ...otors bought out the [[bus]] company Yellow Coach, helped create Greyhound bus lines, replaced intercity train transport with buses, and established subsi ...another, while other more co-ordinated efforts (notably from the Japanese manufacturers) were allowed to increase their market penetration. For instance, the compa
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  • ...ors were installed in Cambridge Power Station, and used to power the first electric street lighting scheme in the city. *1918: One of the leading gas turbine manufacturers of today, General Electric, started their gas turbine division.
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  • ...truck chassis, a specially designed motor vehicle chassis, or a commercial bus chassis. The addition of slide-outs, first appearing in 1989, dramatically ...t has been converted into an RV. Highly customized with luxury components, bus conversions are typically the largest motorhomes available.
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  • Through marquees such as Brooks Steam, Redpath, Tudhope, McKay, Galt Gas-Electric, Gray-Dort, Brockville Atlas, C.C.M., and [[McLaughlin automobile|McLaughli ...= |accessdate=22 December 2009}}</ref> In the meantime, ten different car manufacturers belong to the multicorporate enterprise: Porsche AG, Volkswagen, Audi AG, [
    50 KB (6,757 words) - 15:11, 15 February 2010
  • ...gasoline]]- or petrol-fueled internal combustion engine. Cars powered by [[electric power|electricity]] briefly appeared at the turn of the 20th century but la ...car]] owes its beginnings to Hungarian [[Ányos Jedlik]], inventor of the [[electric motor]], and [[Gaston Planté]], who invented the lead-acid battery in 1859
    34 KB (4,969 words) - 00:44, 29 March 2010