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Low-floor electric bus

  • US 9,252,417 B2
  • Filed: 05/03/2013
  • Issued: 02/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A low-floor electric bus comprising:

  • a floor made of a composite material, wherein a bottom surface of the floor includes one or more cavities; and

    a battery power source mounted under the floor of the low-floor electric bus such that the floor inside the bus in an area that extends substantially an entire width of the bus between a front axle and a rear axle of the bus is substantially flat, wherein the battery power source includes a plurality of battery packs mounted in the one or more cavities such that one or more of the plurality of battery packs form exposed surfaces of an underside of the low-floor electric bus.

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