Wrightbus KERS ready for service trials

In the wake of GKN’s announcement of its Gyrodrive with Go-Ahead bus operator, Torotrak has revealed that its KERS technology in a Wrightbus is ready for start of public service trials.

Wrightbus, of Ballymena, Co. Antrim, exhibited its prototype bus fitted with the Flybrid KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) at the recent Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) exhibition.

GKN moves deeper into electric drives

GKN has developed smaller and more powerful EVO drives for pure electric and extended range electric vehicles.

The UK-based global engineering group is looking to extend the business opportunities of its GKN Land Systems business, one of the company’s four divisions.