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Isuzu Developing Series Hybrid System for Buses and Small to Mid-Size Trucks

Posted on September 29, 2008

The Nikkei reports that Isuzu Motors Ltd. is developing a series hybrid bus that it plans to commercialize in Japan in the first half of the 2010s. The series hybrid system's diesel engine can be made roughly 30% smaller than those used in conventional buses and maintains constant revolution regardless of vehicle speed. As a result, Isuzu's bus delivers 30% better fuel economy than conventional diesel buses. The new system is also about 20% more fuel-efficient than the parallel hybrid system.Isuzu plans to initially employ the new hybrid system for large buses 9 meters or longer and mid-size b...

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