SOURCE: ISE Corporation
April 29, 2008 14:30 ET
ISE Corporation Receives Order for 25 Gasoline Hybrid-Electric Drive Systems For Long Beach Transit
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - April 29, 2008) - ISE Corporation (ISE) recently received an
order from New Flyer of America (New Flyer) for 25 gasoline hybrid-electric
drive systems. Based on the same ThunderVolt™ hybrid drive systems
already in service at different transit authorities in North America, these
will be installed in New Flyer 40-foot buses before delivery to Long Beach
Transit. This new order will increase Long Beach Transit's fleet of buses
powered by ISE's ThunderVolt™ hybrid drive systems from 62 hybrid buses
to 87 hybrid buses.
This order is part of the Montebello Consortium program initiated last year
for the purchase of 150 gasoline hybrid-electric 40-foot buses. This is a
Federal Transit Administration pooled procurement program that provides 90%
Federal funding to participating agencies. ISE's ThunderVolt™ gasoline
hybrid-electric drive system has been selected for the program. New Flyer
of America serves as the vehicle manufacturer.
ISE's ThunderVolt™ gasoline hybrid drive system was certified as an
"alternative fuel" system by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in
November 2003. Over 100 of these hybrid systems are already in revenue
service in various California cities, including Long Beach, Orange County,
Norwalk, Montebello, Gardena, San Bernardino, and Fresno. The Long Beach
Transit gasoline hybrid bus fleet has exceeded 5 million miles of total
revenue service.
New Flyer is the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the
United States and Canada. Its three facilities are in Winnipeg, MB; St.
Cloud, MN and Crookston, MN.
About ISE Corporation:
ISE Corporation, based in San Diego, CA, is a leading supplier of hybrid
drive systems and components for heavy-duty vehicles such as buses, trucks,
trams, airport equipment, and military vehicles. ISE is a world leader in
electric, hybrid-electric, and fuel cell technologies, and the only
authorized distributor of Siemens ELFA® electric and hybrid-electric
drive components for the U.S. transit bus market. www.isecorp.com
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