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Article: San Joaquin district debuts Hayward firm's hybrid buses
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 4, 2006
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STOCKTON -- With the backdrop of a Middle East conflict that is
sure to keep gas prices on the current stratospheric trajectory, the
San Joaquin Regional Transit District demonstrated on Wednesday why
public transportation is a forward-thinking business.
During a special ceremony in front of the downtown arena, RTD
officials unveiled six hybrid buses powered by the cutting-edge
"General Motors' diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system."
The new hybrid buses are manufactured by the Gillig Corp. of
Hayward, the first company to integrate this technology into a
transit bus. Gillig was founded 116 years ago in San Francisco and
today is a major supplier of transit buses in North America.
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