Bus manufacturers jump on the hybrid wagon at UITP show

AT the last UITP?World Congress in Helskini in 2007 hybrid bus technology was very much in its embryonic state. However, this year’s event in Vienna saw all of the major European manufacturers demonstrating their

hybrid developments.

Belgium’s Van Hool announced the first entry into service of its production hybrid product by De Lijn, the Flemish region public transport operator. On display in Vienna was the first of an initial 79 Van Hool hybrids for the operator and the...