LONDON (Alliance News) - Torotrak PLC on Tuesday said it has completed the in-service trial of its Flybrid mechanical kinetic energy recovery system in a Wrightbus StreetLite midi bus.
Torotrak, which supplies fuel efficiency technology for vehicles, trialled Flybrid KERS on a standard bus route in Gillingham in Kent from March 2015.
Flybrid KERS is a hybrid technology aimed to help with the long service life and repeated stop-start duty cycle of public service buses.
Torotrak said it is on track to commence production of bus KERS systems from mid 2016 onwards.
"This is a very exciting time for the group with the bus KERS project that started in 2012 going into commercial production from the middle of this year. I am delighted with the progress we have made and we look forward to delivering our first systems to Wrightbus during quarter-three of 2016," Chief Executive Adam Robson said in a statement.
Shares in Torotrak were trading up 3.8% at 3.74 pence early Tuesday.
By Karolina Kaminska; karolinakaminska@alliancenews.com @KarolinaAllNews
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