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Alcoa
Alcoa, Yutong Introduce Environmentally-Friendly Buses for Beijing Games
August 8th, 2008
Alcoa (NYSE:AA), the world's leading aluminum company, and Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company (Yutong), China's largest bus manufacturer and the number two producer in the world, today introduced two new environmentally-friendly bus prototypes that will be displayed and road tested during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing next month. The new aluminum-intensive bus body is approximately 46 percent lighter than a traditional bus and, therefore, requires less fuel and emits fewer greenhouse gases. The new buses feature Alcoa's spaceframe technology - used in automobiles such as the Ferrari 612 and all Gran Turismo Ferraris, as well as the Audi A8 which was just awarded...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-08-08)
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