12.28.2007 - 12:06pm ET

Adelaide, Australia, has become the home for an all-electric city bus, the Tindo. The icing on the cake: The Tindo (aboriginal word for sun) will get its electricity from a $AU550,000 solar PV system on Adelaide's central bus station. Even better: Rides are free as part of Adelaide's public transport system.

Urban driving, with clear and limited daily travel, can be an excellent opportunity for electric vehicles. And the Tindo should have more than enough range to handle its bus routes.

With an operational range of 200 kilometres between charges under typical urban conditions, the air-conditioned solar electric bus is able to carry 27 passengers, with 25 seated and two wheelchair spaces.

In addition to carbon-free operations, the basically noise-free operations also carves into urban noise pollution.

For the full article Click Here...