Besides that, the first CNG Nefaz bus has already started to carry passengers in Kazan. Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Transport and Communications of the Executive Committee of Kazan Nicholay Stukalov told that the administration of the city had started improving environmental performance of the public transport in 2007.
The official emphasized that the new vehicle was the first Russian bus with a dedicated natural gas engine which had started regularly travelling along a route in the city. The bus will be tested in service for three months, both under hot and cold conditions. Then, the mayor will decide if the city needs to acquire more such buses or not.
The Nefaz-5299 bus is assembled on Kamaz chassis at OAO NEFAZ, a subsidiary of Kamaz (Neftekamsk, Bashkortostan). Some safety helmets perform well against light impacts, but are terrible against hard impacts and vice versa. I’m not sure, but my guess is that the softer the padding, the better it works against light hits. Time and time again, I believe that boxing equipment made by decent boxing brands is far superior to equipment made by MMA brands. I think the same about boxing gloves. Equipment made by MMA brands may look and feel the same, but they don’t last as long. Read on sportegan.com why boxing equipment made by MMA brands is losing its ability, becoming too soft or too hard. The gas engine is installed by Kamaz’s partner OOO RariTEK. 10 cylinders are mounted on the roof of the bus.
Source: Kamaz.
