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Market leader BAE Systems is ready for the hybrid bus breakthrough

£49.4m of government funding for green buses is helping hybrid vehicles to move into the mainstream

Robert Jack
03 February 2011
Reading Transport is one of a growing number of UK bus operators to have taken delivery of a BAE Systems-equipped hybrid bus
Reading Transport is one of a growing number of UK bus operators to have taken delivery of a BAE Systems-equipped hybrid bus
Rob Lindsay
Rob Lindsay

 

In anticipation of growing demand for hybrid-powered buses in the UK and Europe, BAE Systems has invested around £7m in a state-of-the-art service facility for HybriDriveTM system, in Rochester, Kent.

The facility has the space to accommodate a single deck bus, but this area is currently housing an armoured personnel carrier.

Such is the nature of BAE Systems’ diverse £22bn business. The company is best known for its work in the defence, security and aerospace sectors, and...

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