Wrightbus Claims Best In Class Mpg For Gemini 2 Hybrid

摘要

Wrightbus says its Gemini 2 HEV hybrid - one of today's newest London double-deckers - is returning class-leading 10mpg fuel consumption in tests that simulate London bus route 159 (Streatham-Oxford Circus).rnThe bus exhibited with First fleetnames on the manufacturer's stand at Euro Bus Expo last November achieved this in trials at the Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire, which also show the Gemini 2 HEV producing the lowest CO_2 emissions of current hybrids, This was part of a Wrightbus product development team collaboration with Queens University in Belfast, electric drive supplier Siemens, battery manufacturer Valence and Ford, which makes the diesel engine. It has led to simple adjustments to the specification, including upgraded auxiliary drive hardware and fine-tuning of product software, which means early vehicles already in service can also achieve the improved fuel figures.