State-of-the-art hybrid buses are to be introduced in Strathclyde, under the first initiative of its kind in Scotland.
The £107,000 initiative will see two low-floor diesel vehicles converted to the latest diesel-electric hybrid-drive technology.
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport hopes the trial will boosts its goals of reducing carbon emissions, fuel consumption and noise levels, all of which will be monitored.
Hybrid-drive buses are powered by a battery pack connected to a small diesel engine, or the existing bus diesel engine running at a greatly-reduced speed.
The buses also use regenerative braking as an energy-saving feature, which recharges the batteries.
STP chair, Alistair Watson, said: ‘Hybrid buses are the future. They’re technically advanced and super-efficient.’
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