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Western SMT
17th March 2010, 13:07
The first of the hybrid electric systems that will power 56 Stagecoach double-deck buses in Oxford and Manchester have been delivered to manufacturer Alexander Dennis

http://www.baesystems.com/Sites/SurfaceShips/Newsroom/autoGen_110216122735.html

The Green Bus Fund is a £30 million fund from which bus companies and local authorities in England can compete for funds to help them buy new low carbon buses.

Green bus fund winners

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/greenbusfund/winningbidders.pdf

G-CPTN
17th March 2010, 14:02
BAE Systems’ HybriDrive technology currently powers more than 2,500 buses in cities across the UK and North America
Transport for London’s evaluation of 17 BAE Systems-powered hybrid buses.
It's amazing what you can do with statistics . . .

When I first read the first claim (a few months ago) I wondered where all these vehicles were? - the answer is in North America, not the UK.