Torotrak is leading a government backed consortium to develop an efficient mechanical hybrid system for city buses.
The government-backed Technology Strategy Board is to help fund a new £1m British-led ‘green research’ programme involving a flywheel-based mechanical hybrid Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) for fitment to buses and commercial vehicles. Transmission specialist Torotrak (Development) Ltd, the world leader in full-toroidal traction drive technology, will head the new “Flybus” programme. Other consortium partners…
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