hybrid commercial vehicle spotting thread

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  1. cwerdna

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    Here's a thread for people to list hybrid commercial vehicles they've spotted. No, I'm not talking about vehicles readily available to mass market consumers that have been put into fleet/commercial use (e.g. Prius, NAH and FFH taxis), I'm referring to delivery trucks and buses.

    In WA, I recall seeing hybrid Amazon delivery trucks.

    In NYC, I recently saw a bunch of hybrid city buses. However, their ICEs still seemed to run at stoplights. I wasn't able to get a look at who made them.

    Today, in Philadelphia, I spotted a UPS trucks w/hybrid electric labeling on it.
     
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    a few weeks ago, i saw a coca cola truck with 'hybrid' emblazoned all over it. hybrid diesel?
     
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    I'm surprised you didn't mention the hybrid city buses running around Seattle and King County. Metro is buying 93 units of a new hybrid generation.

    "The new 40-foot hybrid-electric buses will complement the 235 hybrid articulated coaches that have been part of Metro’s fleet since 2004."
     
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    My commute in WA is very short and I don't take the bus there, so I never noticed. :embarassed:
     
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    A couple months back I posted pic's of the Sparkletts truck that makes deliveries to our work place. It's a battery electric hybrid. The FedEx trucks around here too.
     
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    I finally saw some GM hybrid buses today. They're in use in Boston, at least around the JFK/UMass T station. They have GM Hybrid in big letters near the top. IIRC, they said "New Flyer" on the front though.
     
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    Friday, King County (Seattle area) retired its last only diesel-only transit bus. All its remaining coaches are hybrids or electrics (battery or trolley).

    After 62 Million Miles, King County Metro Throws a Retirement Party for Its Last Diesel Bus