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New speed record set at Millbrook
A gas-powered bus recently set a new world record at 76.785 mph and reached a top speed of 80.78 mph at the Millbrook test centre in Bedfordshire, the UK’s only facility with a two-mile circular banked test track, enabling the record attempt to take place.
The Friesian cow print-wrapped bus, which runs on biomethane compressed natural gas (CNG) produced from cow manure, was back in service the following day – at its normal speed-limited 56 mph.
Millbrook’s work within the industry includes exhaust emissions and fuel consumption testing of conventional and advanced technology hybrid, electric and hydrogen buses. Alex Burns, CEO of Millbrook said: ‘It is great to see businesses thinking outside of the box when it comes to raising the profile of fuels of the future. I’m sure that this project will have given many people a different perception of bus travel and of the viability, power and credibility of biomethane fuelled buses.’
Pic of bus – Source: Millbrook
News Item details
Journal title: Petroleum Review
Keywords: Energy use in transport
Countries: UK -
Subjects: Compressed natural gas, Biomethane, Transport fuels
