nt while reducing harmful emissions that pollute the environment. Green Diesel Technology utilizes the benefits of a catalyzed particulate filter and low-sulfur fuel in combination with an exclusive International engine performance design that significantly lowers the emission output and odor of diesel-powered buses. It virtually eliminates gaseous hydrocarbons and reduces particulates fifty percent below levels achieved by natural gas engines at a cost far below that of a natural gas vehicle. Navistar International announced in May 2000 that they expect it to be available by the middle of 2001 to customers in California and in any other locations where diesel fuel with sufficiently reduced sulfur content is available. The Henlys Corporation makes its buses through their Nova Bus subsidiary. Nova is currently trying to develop new technology called the Hybrid-Electric Drive Transit Bus. This bus will have two rotary CNG engines as an auxiliary pipe fiber-optic vehicle management system, and an independent semi-suspension. This bus will be energy efficient as well as environmentally safe. Nova has also developed the worlds first commercial hythane-fuelled prototype. Two are currently being tested on regular routes to determine what maintenance problems exist, how efficient is the fuel, and whether or not this type of fuel pollutes the air. Due to the different combustion characteristics of hydrogen, the use of hythane results in a forty-three percent reduction in nitrogen oxide emissions compared to natural gas emissions. Hythane fuelled engines are four times cleaner than standard clean diesel engines. With new technological developments like these, the bus industry will be changing at a rapid pace and only those companies who can adjust quickly to change will survive. Current and future technological breakthroughs will create a bus that is cleaner, more efficient, and safer for the environment and its passengers.Strategic Opt...
