Daimler Buses North America sold its 3,000th Orion VII diesel-electric hybrid bus last September. As a result, Daimler Buses has sold more hybrid buses than any other manufacturer in the world.

Daimler Buses North America Sells Further 96 Orion VII Clean-Diesel and Hybrid Buses Oriskany, USA, Jan 22, 2010. Three transit agencies in New York State order a total of 92 Orion VII transit buses; ...

The Orion VII Hybrid has been in use by NYCTransit and other operators for about 5 years now. All those buses use inexpensive, reliable, but heavy lead acid batteries - 4,000 pounds of lead acid ...

Daimler has announced that sales of its Orion VII diesel electric hybrid bus has now exceeded 3,000 units. Of the 3,000 orders in, there are over 2,200 units already in use and some 850 additional ...

The $62.8 million will be used towards producing 20,000 commercial-duty hybrid propulsion systems. If you liked the article, please follow us: Google News Youtube Instagram UP NEXT Pirelli Happy ...

OC Transpo has ordered 202 Orion VII Next Generation diesel-electric hybrid transit buses to be delivered by 2009. This delivery will make OC Transpo the third largest hybrid bus fleet in Canada. Tags ...

Orion VII hybrid-drive transit buses. View 1 Image 1 / 1. Orion ... (NREL) evaluated the performance of New York’s second-generation Orion VII buses from February 2006 to January 2007.

Still, Mr. Webster defends the decision to buy the Orion VII hybrids - which cost $734,000, compared with $500,000 for a conventional bus. He says the TTC and the manufacturer, Daimler Buses North ...

An Orion VII hybrid bus trundles along 42nd Street in New York City. The Canadian factory that makes the buses for customers including New York's MTA, Toronto's TTC and Ottawa's OC Transpo is ...

Luis-Mario Carrington, a self-proclaimed TTC enthusiast, stands in front of his favourite bus model, a 2006 Orion VII OG HEV, at Jane Station.

OC Transpo is moving ahead with a plan to off-load its Orion VII hybrids even though the diesel-electric buses, purchased between 2008 and 2010, aren't the oldest in its fleet.