While the world leaders in Copenhagen are discussing real big issues pertaining to climate change and global warming, NYC Transit, in the meantime, has done its share in unveiling a new electric bus with a turbine engine to keep the lithium-ion battery charged as it speeds through the lanes of New York. Designline, the manufacturer, has equipped the 37-seater bus with interiors lit by LED panels.
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Since this is just the beginning and you could see 87 more buses decking the city lanes by the end of 2010, the reasonably silent buses could herald a new era of green transportation initiated by the New Zealand-based manufacturer.
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