Tampa Bay school gets pair of plug-in hybrid buses

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	Tampa Bay school gets pair of plug-in hybrid buses

djkraz

7-23-2007 10:30 AM

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It's a start!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/81baf0d4-20a4-4f9a-a761-2515600b64c5/78B8740F-B965-4AEE-8939-587ECF4D5E82/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tampa-bay-school-gets-pair-of-plug-in-hybrid-buses/" href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tampa-bay-school-gets-pair-of-plug-in-hybrid-buses/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.engadget.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/23/tampa-bay-school-gets-pair-of-plug-in-hybrid-buses/"><DIV><A href="http://www.hugg.com/story/Video-Plugin-School-Bus/"><IMG vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/07/7-22-07-hybrid_bus.jpg" /></A>From a kid's perspective, we're sure they'd much rather be cruising on the <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/arkansas-school-to-trial-ipod-wifi-equipped-school-bus/">iPod-equipped bus</A> than a vanilla version that gets significantly better mileage, but regardless, a Tampa Bay school will become the first to receive a pair of <A href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/hybrid/">hybrid</A> buses to shuttle students around while saving between 70 and 100-percent in <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/24/1962-vw-bus-gutted-filled-with-giant-hot-rod-engine/">fuel costs</A>. The vehicles can be fully charged in around six hours, and while the aforementioned improvements are only so drastic for the first "50 miles or so," it's certainly not a bad start. 'Course, school district officials are hoping that fuel savings will eventually lead to more money for classroom improvements, but we reckon it'll be quite some time before the savings on fuel overtakes the up front cost of these (presumably pricey) machines. Click on for a peek at the <A href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/video/">video</A>.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/78B8740F-B965-4AEE-8939-587ECF4D5E82/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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