Bus-load o' Fun #533

Otto Puzzell · October 20, 2013, 06:33:03 AM

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For one point: Who built this, and what is it?

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Otto Puzzell · October 24, 2013, 05:29:42 AM

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Otto Puzzell · November 01, 2013, 04:14:22 AM

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pnegyesi · November 01, 2013, 07:19:40 AM

experiments with plastic?

Otto Puzzell · November 01, 2013, 08:30:04 AM

The builder hoped to leverage a different type of 'innovation'.

grobmotorix · November 04, 2013, 02:26:27 PM

Is it a Westinghouse design?

Otto Puzzell · November 04, 2013, 02:30:24 PM

No sir

pnegyesi · November 04, 2013, 02:31:42 PM

alternative fuel?

Otto Puzzell · November 04, 2013, 02:34:04 PM

It didn't use fuel

pnegyesi · November 04, 2013, 02:36:59 PM

was it powered by compressed air?

Wendax · November 04, 2013, 03:26:26 PM

Is it a gyrobus?

Otto Puzzell · November 05, 2013, 03:31:01 AM

Quote from: pnegyesi on November 04, 2013, 02:36:59 PM
was it powered by compressed air?

No

Otto Puzzell · November 05, 2013, 03:31:19 AM

Quote from: Wendax on November 04, 2013, 03:26:26 PM
Is it a gyrobus?

No

pnegyesi · November 05, 2013, 06:27:17 AM

did it have its own source to propel the vehicle?

Otto Puzzell · November 05, 2013, 09:26:18 AM

Yes. Note: I typed 'innovation' in quotes before because the power source was hardly new when this bus was built.

Wendax · November 05, 2013, 09:32:45 AM

electric engine?

pguillem · November 05, 2013, 10:48:15 AM

An hydrogen bus ?

Otto Puzzell · November 05, 2013, 11:33:08 AM

Quote from: Wendax on November 05, 2013, 09:32:45 AM
electric engine?

Yes!

Otto Puzzell · November 05, 2013, 11:33:18 AM

Quote from: pguillem on November 05, 2013, 10:48:15 AM
An hydrogen bus ?

No

pguillem · November 05, 2013, 12:10:49 PM

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on November 05, 2013, 11:33:08 AM
Quote from: Wendax on November 05, 2013, 09:32:45 AM
electric engine?

Yes!

Solar ?

Otto Puzzell · November 05, 2013, 12:39:20 PM

Not solar.

Wendax · November 05, 2013, 12:43:13 PM

Otis Electrobus Model 20 MBS from 1974

It was a 20-passenger low-platform battery-driven bus for shuttle services. A single 72-volt battery mounted in the rear and arranged for quick exchange by means of a fork-lift was connected to a DC traction motor rated at 50 hp.

Otto Puzzell · November 06, 2013, 06:12:27 AM

That's it. The puzzle pic was an Electrobus (Otis Elevator Co. - Electrobus Division) that was being evaluated in 1973 in Boca Raton FL, for use in greater Palm County. I don't know if they bought them or not. Your pic is, I believe, an example that made it into the fleet in New York City.

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Bus-load o' Fun #533