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Artics en route
ANOTHER articulated arrived in Britain to take p in experiments and monstrations for an extern period.
Among its ports of call I be Sheffield, which now see likely to be the location of first in-service trial of at buses in Britain.
The bus is a Stockhc Transport Volvo B58 Van H bus similar to one that visi Britain earlier this year. 1 Stockholm Transp Authority has recently o ered a further 100 articula buses and by 1981 will hay fleet of over 300 of them.
In the USA, an Ikarus : articulated bus has begut series of in-service tests in different cities. Hungarian-built bus is pc ered by a Cummins eng coupled to Allison automE transmission.
Economy due
A fuel economy report is ( to be published in interim fc this autumn.
Energy Under Secretary State Dr John Cunningh said this in a written Cc mons reply concerning 1 activities of a joint work group investigating 1 feasibility of setting progr€ ive targets for raising I average miles per gallon new cars.