Metro finds flaw in hybrid buses

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Metro’s entire fleet of hybrid buses has faulty engines that sometimes fail to start.

“It started at the beginning of their service life, but it has really manifested itself across the fleet in the last six to eight months,” said Phil Wallace, Metro’s general superintendent for bus maintenance and engineering. “In the last three months, we put our finger on it.”

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