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It’s Not Easy to Convert Diesel Buses to Electric — But Some Cities Are Doing it Anyway

This looks like a perfectly normal bus, but it's actually an electric bus that used to run on diesel fuel. Portland's TriMet had it converted at a cost less than buying new. (Photo courtesy TriMet) ...
EDN

Bus converter yields up to 300 W

Available with pin lengths of 3.7 or 5.0 mm, the ALQ25B50 open-frame quarter-brick dc/dc bus converter can deliver up to 300 W of power. The device accepts an input from 42 to 53 V and has an output ...
Electronic Design

Bus converter achieves more than 98% peak efficiency

Vicor Corp. announces its IB050Q096T70N1-00 - a high power, wide input range VI BRICK Bus Converter. Vicor Corp. announces its IB050Q096T70N1-00 - a high power, wide input range VI BRICK Bus Converter ...

The Man Who Saw School Buses as Vehicles for Possibility

Lucas Sweeten converted his first school bus into a mobile home in 2007. Now he works with students to transform school buses ...
Electrek

Lightning eMotors is electrifying existing combustion transit buses with the same incentives as new electric models

EV conversion specialists Lightning eMotors has announced its second-generation repower program that enables large transit combustion buses that previously ran on diesel or compressed natural gas (CNG ...
EDN

Bus converter boasts 97% efficiency

The QTS48T46096 46A bus converter features 420W, 95% full-rated power and operates at 70°C. The 9.6V output voltage increases power-system efficiency, reducing point-of-load V IN /V OUT deltas. The ...
Electronic Design

Bus Converters Push Power Levels Higher

For the PDF version of this article, click here. It's only been a few years since dc-dc converter manufacturers began introducing bus converters for use in intermediate voltage bus architectures (IBAs ...