The document describes 10 innovative bus and transportation designs that aim to improve sustainability and reduce emissions. Some key points: - The Cameo all-electric minibus can carry 32 passengers and recharge within seconds at bus bays using ultracapacitors. - The Big Blue Bus and Cougar Bus were competition entries focused on green and efficient public transportation in Santa Monica. - The Setra Coach, Credo E-Bone, and AutoTram are powered by lithium batteries or hydrogen fuel cells to be zero-emissions. - Other designs like the SKhy Bus and China's Solar-Powered Bus generate their own energy from solar panels and process water to produce hydrogen for fuel.

1. BUS INOVATION FOR THE
FUTURE

2. 1)Cameo all-electric
minibus
 Pes, an auto designer who firmly
believes in the concept of zero
emission public transportation
that not only benefits the
environment, but also manages to
transport a good number of
passengers without having to
come across traffic snarls.
 This concept bus has been
designed and conceptualized in
collaboration with Montreal
Society of Transportation, STM
that has inbuilt ultracapacitors
that make the vehicles faster and
easy to recharge.
 The bus has the capacity of
carrying up to 32 passengers and
can be recharged at any bus bay
within a few seconds.
 The entrance also makes it
possible for wheelchairs to get on
board

3. 2)Big Blue Bus by Altcar
 The ‘Bus of the Future’
competition during the Altcar Expo
in 2008 saw many innovative
entries for creating the Big Blue
Bus that would be a new ‘green’
mode of public transportation on
the roads of Santa Monica.
 The bus is a green design that
releases positive emissions and
utilizes sequestered CO2 and also
provides an expansive vista of the
city through its big windows.
 The second design was by
Giuseppe Fillippone called the
Cougar Bus, which has a very sleek
feline design.
 The bus has individual pods that
can be used depending upon the
number of passengers.
 The Cougar Bus has been designed
to be space-efficient as well as fuel
efficient too!

4. 3)Setra Coach
 The Setra Coach has been
designed by Peter Spriggs in
collaboration with Adam
Cunningham and Adrian Barron.
 The project was actually a project,
which was later turned into a eco-
friendly public transport vehicle
design that can provide all
(including the physically
handicapped) a comfortable and
‘green’ drive.
 The bus has a durable and strong
superstructure with big windows
that offer a great panoramic view.
 The bus is powered by Lithium-ion
batteries that are located under
the luggage compartment.

5. 4)Credo E-Bone
 The Credo E-Bone is a bus that has
been designed by Peter Simon and
is a public transportation that is
powered by lithium batteries and
hydrogen fuel cells.
 This futuristic green transportation
is a zero-emission one with four in-
wheel electric motors whose
power source is located on the
roof of the bus.
 The bus has a bone-like structure
and is made out of composite
plastic that makes it lightweight as
well.

6. 5)AutoTram
 The AutoTram is the creation of
the Fraunhofer System Research.
This is a futuristic public
transportation design that would
give its passengers an emission-
free ride.
 This grand project would have the
design of a tram but the flexibility
of a bus.
 The AutoTram is powered by
Lithium-ion batteries and does not
need the overhead wiring system
and rails like the regular tram

7. 6)A moderm green
concept bus
 ‘Welcome Back’ is the name of the
first runner up in the competition
for the New Bus For London that
has been designed by the Hector
Serrrano Studio.
 he designers have incorporated a
highly technical low emission
solution to the traditional-looking
London bus by incorporating a
hybrid diesel-electric engine that
would ensure minimal emissions.
 The size of the bus is small and
compact, so as to make is easy for
maneuvering it through the busy
London streets

8. 7)Skhy Bus
 The SKhy bus is an innovative
concept bus that is extremely eco-
friendly and technologically
advanced.
 The bus derives its energy from the
solar photovoltaic cells that are
located on the roof of the bus.
 The bus does not release any carbon
monoxide by-products or other toxic
fumes and also processes wastewater
in order to produce hydrogen, which
makes it more efficient.
 The clean water that would be
released by the hydrogen engine
would be put to other use.
 The bus would use its own energy
for producing oxygen.
 The bus would also have a CO2
trapping system that would function
for fire extinguishing and cooling
purposes too.
 Designed by Alain Monteiro, the
SKhy bus structure would be made
out of aluminum and other
recyclable materials.
 The bus would require no driver and
would be remotely controlled
through sensors and GPS

9. 8) Takht Lahori
 Takht Lahori was an entry to the
Instituto Europeo di Design’s
School of Transportation Design
“My City” scholarship competition
and is the brainchild of Ali Murtaza
from Pakistan.
 The design boasts of eco-friendly
features such as zero-emission
that would provide a safe and fast
means of public transportation in
the bustling city of Lahore.
 The green transportation is
powered by Lithium-ion batteries
that are located inside the wheels
and can be charged by using the
A/C plug or photovoltaic panels.

10. 9) B2us Hybrid Bus
 Designed by Francesc Gasch, the
B2us is a hybrid powered bus that
is an eco-friendly low emission
transport for plying on the roads of
Barcelona.
 The outer structure of the bus is
very clean with curved corners and
the inside of the bus has
innovative energy-efficient
features.
 Since the transmission is hybrid,
part of the power would be
sourced from solar energy via the
solar panels installed on the roof
of the bus.
 The B2us will use OLED (Organic
LED) technology, which would
provide the passenger with
information regarding the seat
availability and present location of
the bus.

11. 10) China's Solar-Powered
Bus
 The solar-powered public bus is a
great solution for the ever-
increasing road traffic.
 The bus, which is also known as a
3D Express Coach is being
developed by the Shenzhen Huashi
Future Parking Equipment
company that has developed a
design that would allow cars less
than two meters in height to travel
under the vehicle!
 The bus would be a hybrid design
and would run on both solar
energy and electricity.
 The bus would have a speed of
around 60 km per hour with a
seating capacity of 1200 to 1400
passengers.
 The construction of the track for
this transport would take only one
year!