New hybrid technology powers NYC buses

Electric Diesel hybrids

NY City isn't new to hybrid technology. Already a number of hybrid cabs can be found in NY and the Transit Authority also uses a number of hybrid buses.

What is new, however, is the hybrid technology powering NY's newest hybrid buses.

"The city’s other hybrid buses run like hybrid cars. They run off battery power some of the time and diesel or (in the case of many cars) gas engines at other times. And the braking action helps charge the batteries," writes the NY Times.

"The test bus is different in that it runs on battery power all the time. It has a diesel engine, but that is used only to charge the battery, although the bus also uses the brakes for that purpose. The diesel engine is different too. It is a turbine engine."