Scania testing unique hybrid buses in Stockholm
To further improve the environment in the Swedish capital, Scania is now starting full-scale operational trials with six ethanol-fuelled hybrid buses. The hybrid technology will reduce fuel consumption by 25 percent. The use of ethanol will reduce net carbon dioxide emissions by up to 90 percent. The trials will be run in cooperation with Stockholm Public Transport (SL), and the operator Swebus.During the two-year trial period, the buses will serve one of the more demanding and heavily used lines in Stockholm. “These operational trials will give us valuable experience of how hybrid