Zero-pollution buses get moving with Silicon Valley backing
New York
BUSES that neither belch pollution nor draw on coal power are starting to appear on city streets with the support of Silicon Valley and a company backed by Warren Buffett.
Over the next six months, Seattle is rolling out two all-electric buses made by Kleiner Perkins-backed Proterra. The city gets 95 per cent of its electricity from renewables, mostly hydroelectric dams that don't use fossil fuels. So charging the fleet won't increase emissions.
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