The Straits Times today reported that at two local transport operators are in talks with ST Kinetics to operate the country’s first diesel-electric hybrid buses. The two companies are SMRT Corp, Singapore’s second largest public transport operator, and Brickston Transport, which focuses mainly on buses ferrying workers.

This news follows the introduction of the country’s first petrol-electric hybrid taxis. SBS Transit on the other hand is engaged in discussions with NUS, to introduce their own version of a fuel-cell bus, due to enter service before the Youth Olympic Games in July 2010.

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