GM gains orders for over 1700 additional Diesel/Electric Hybrid Buses

Twin Cities to receive 300 hybrids in recent market surge that nearly doubles GM sales
from AutoBlogGreen

The pace of orders for GM's two-mode hybrid buses is picking up steam. At the Washington DC Auto Show, General Motors has announced orders for an additional 1,732 GM-Allison diesel-electric transit buses. With the 1,000 Two-Mode bus being delivered to Las Vegas this month, the new orders will more than double the fleet since they first hit the road in 2003. The Washington Metro Transit Authority has placed the largest single order to date for 952 buses. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's has ordered for 480 buses and Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Transit wants another 300. To date the buses on the road have accumulated 55 million miles with no battery failures.

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