GM-Allison hybrid system

Istanbul is 89th City to Receive Fuel-Saving, Low-Emissions Hybrid Trams and Buses

DETROIT, Mich., 2008-05-15 -- An order by Istanbul Transportation Authority for 50 Metrobus trams equipped with the GM-Allison hybrid system will make the Turkish city home to Europe's largest fleet of efficient diesel-electric hybrid trams by next year.

The first of the 50 trams, built by Dutch bus company Advance Public Transport Systems BV (APTS), was recently delivered. The remainder of the order will be fulfilled this year and in 2009.

Hybrid buses will save an estimated 2.4 million gallons of fuel annually in Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Minneapolis/St. Paul

2008-01-22, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Major orders from transit agencies in Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Minneapolis/St. Paul for up to 1,732 GM-Allison hybrid-powered buses will save an estimated 2.4 million gallons of fuel annually, enough to fill 300 tanker trucks, GM announced today at the Washington Auto Show.

These new deliveries will more than double the current fleet of nearly 1,000 GM-Allison hybrid buses, and potentially include the largest single hybrid bus fleet acquisition in history – an order for 952 by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Historic delivery caps record-setting year for GM-Allison hybrid system

2008-01-09, LAS VEGAS - The 1,000th bus powered by the GM-Allison hybrid system will be delivered here this month to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC), GM announced at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show.

The landmark delivery is part of a fleet order by the RTC that will double its fleet of hybrid buses from 30 to 60 operating in the Las Vegas area.

"I'm pleased to announce that we will deliver our 1,000th hybrid bus right here in Las Vegas later this month," GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner said during his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show, the world's largest technology trade show with more than 140,000 attendees.