Japan: Toyota kicks off FTD hybrid bus trials

  Toyota, Hino and Showa Shell Sekiyu K K (SSSKK) are launching trials today, 1 July, of a diesel-electric hybrid transit bus operating on a mix of Fischer-Tropsch diesel (FTD) and hydrogenated biodiesel made from vegetable oil. A Hino Blue Ribbon City Hybrid will operate on several different Tokyo routes until It’s time to log … Continued

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• July 1, 2010