Center for Transportation Research News

Transit systems from New York to Taipei, and from Ames, Iowa, to Ann Arbor, Mich., are adding hybrid buses at a rapid clip. New York, by far, has the nation’s biggest fleet of hybrid buses, which run on electricity and diesel fuel, with nearly 1,000 in all five boroughs, most in Manhattan.
Even though the initial [...]

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According to a new study, “Green Drivers or Free Riders? An Analysis of Tax Rebates for Hybrid Vehicles,” from the University of British Columbia (UBC), the U.S. government rebates for hybrids are not reducing greenhouse gases as much as hoped.
Amarish Chandra, a professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business and co-author of the study [...]

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Chevy Volt engine (electric hybrid vehicle)
Researchers and policy maker consider how an increase in plug-in automobile technology could change the face of parking and the provision of power for such vehicles. A new study is being undertaken by the state Energy Research and Development Authority to try to predict how much more electricity a state [...]

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Youtube video “On the Road to Energy Independence” posted by Lehman College in New York.
From the Web page:
New hybrid trucks and all-electric vehicles took over the campus of Lehman College during the fourth annual Road to Energy Independence conference. The meeting was organized by the CUNY Center for Sustainable Energy and attracted about 300 people. [...]

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