Ah, the perfect vehicle for dropping your boy, Elroy, off at school. :)

"Would you buy an electric vehicle - or an electric hybrid?"

I'd certainly buy a plug-in hybrid, as long as it was fairly reliable and safe, and not ridiculously expensive. To buy an all-electric car, though, I would need it to meet those criteria AND have a good range (ie, 200 miles or more), or else I would need to own a second, gas-powered car to use for long trips. That wouldn't be a deal-breaker, though; my wife and I each have a car, so having one that is only useful within "commuting range" wouldn't be a handicap for us.

George would be screaming, "JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN$!" at the top of his lungs because Astro locked him inside, and changed the pass code"

Now the Future, at the Fallbrook BOF.

As I was coming home from work, I drove past the Fallbrook BOF.  Saw an "odd" bus.  It loked like a P&R unit from the rear.  (An articulate future, LOL!) It had an odd number:  08109.  Paint:  usual P&R.  Rear looked unusual.  Did not look like the present NeoPods or MCI's.  Had huge cooling fans on the top.  also, the "watch for children" sticker was on the far left.

What is this?  Testing a prototype?  The new P&R hybrids?  Something from the new X FILES movie?

I logged my daily mileage for 90 days recently, and found that in 90 days I only made one trip as long as 90 miles. My average daily journey length was just over 40 miles.

So why would I want a hybrid like the GM Volt, which is supposed to go 40 miles on electricity only, then flip over to gasoline? I'd just be lugging around a cold, heavy, internal combustion engine block and drivetrain that would barely ever be used.

Get rid of the gasoline components, put more batteries in their place, and I'd be quite happy with a 100 mile charge range with a pure electric.

For long trips, I'd use my wife's car, or just rent a car from Hertz Local Edition, or take the bus!

The Aptera looks nice, but I think Nissan is going to win out. And maybe TH!NK. Aptera is a start-up with some prototypes. They have no marketing channels, no service organization. Nissan has that already.

DANG IT!  Dominic?  No pics?!  SHAME!  For bus fans like me, I would have loved to see what kind of bus it was so I can test myself and ID the unit.  *LOL!*

Can you imagine the cost to charge your car at Houston's electric rates?  

Cedric:

A camera in the car in this weather?  LOL!

But it was in one of the FB bays, so any pic would not be the best!

Dominic:

(sticks out tongue)  ;-)

If you have a bag, any camera that you have can go in it---unless you go to a lot of places where it's prohibited.

Anyhoo, hopefully somebody can give us some much needed scoop on this before this vehicle leaves Houston.

Dominic,

       Mary just e-mailed me the answer to your "sighting" at the Fallbrook Garage the other day.  Unfortunately, it WAS a new hybrid MCI coach you saw.  It's the one with the new rear---unlike the other MCIs we have in the fleet.

NovaBus is a decendent of the RTS!  Now there is hope! No wonder their buses look like a RTS with a low floor, and even some with a flex-straw option!

Now that is why we need a continous running threads on this list for:

1.  Equipment.

2.  Ops. (erations.  Not people.)

3.  Routes.

WE can comment (and/or rant) as needed, without having to put comments on other threads.