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It’s Not Easy to Convert Diesel Buses to Electric — But Some Cities Are Doing it Anyway

This looks like a perfectly normal bus, but it's actually an electric bus that used to run on diesel fuel. Portland's TriMet had it converted at a cost less than buying new. (Photo courtesy TriMet) ...
Electronic Design

Bus converter achieves more than 98% peak efficiency

Vicor Corp. announces its IB050Q096T70N1-00 - a high power, wide input range VI BRICK Bus Converter. Vicor Corp. announces its IB050Q096T70N1-00 - a high power, wide input range VI BRICK Bus Converter ...
EDN

Half-brick fills bus-converter apps

Operating at an efficiency of up to 95% at full load, the 360-W BusQor HEA half-brick dc/dc converter is well suited for use as a bus converter in IBA applications. The device accepts an input from 35 ...
Electrek

Lightning eMotors is electrifying existing combustion transit buses with the same incentives as new electric models

EV conversion specialists Lightning eMotors has announced its second-generation repower program that enables large transit combustion buses that previously ran on diesel or compressed natural gas (CNG ...
EDN

Bus converter yields up to 300 W

Available with pin lengths of 3.7 or 5.0 mm, the ALQ25B50 open-frame quarter-brick dc/dc bus converter can deliver up to 300 W of power. The device accepts an input from 42 to 53 V and has an output ...