'Boris bus' takes over Route 24
Services on the first route in London to be served entirely by the new generation of hop-on, hop-off "Boris buses" have begun.
Bus produces half the carbon dioxide of conventional buses
The New Bus for London was inspired by the old Routemaster, uses the latest green technology and is the first bus in over 50 years to be designed specifically for the capital's streets.
The bus uses the latest diesel-electric hybrid technology and is apparently the best performing bus of its kind in the world.
In test conditions the New Bus produced around half the carbon dioxide and a quarter of the particulate matter and nitrogen oxides of conventional diesel buses and is more fuel efficient.
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