Electric bus

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An electric bus is a bus powered by electricity.

There are two main electric bus categories:

• The trolleybus is a type of electric bus powered by two overhead electric wires, from which it draws electricity using two trolley poles.
• The stored-electricity bus:
  • Battery electric bus
  • Gyrobus.

Contents 1 Electric bus-makers 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Electric bus-makers

• Allison & GM. ^[1]
• Ebus. [1].
• ElDorado National.
• Gillig. [2]
• Micro-Vett (EU).
• North American Bus Industries (NABI).
• New Flyer.
• Orion Bus Industries.
• TransTeq. [3]

[edit] See also

• Battery box
• Battery pack
• Electric vehicle
• Jump start (vehicle)
• Shuttle
• Supercapacitor
• Traction motor
• Wikipedia:WikiProject buses

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.allisontransmission.com/product/electricdrive/epsystem.jsp

[edit] External links

• EERE electric bus fleet guide.
• Electric buses.
• http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/zbus06/res0628.pdfPDF (28.2 KiB) (CARB).

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