New Aggie Bus uses electricity, costs less Published: Tuesday,
November 20, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:11 On
Thursday Nov. 15, USU unveiled the Aggie Bus, a bus that runs
entirely on electric power, charges wirelessly using induction,
costs less than regular diesel buses and doesn’t release any
emissions. Curt Roberts, who supervised the scientific team that
developed the technology, said the innovations of the Aggie bus
are a win from every dimension. “You get the best of all
worlds,” Roberts said. “You get zero tailpipe emissions, you
spend less money and all of the noise and air pollution issues
are completely gone in the environment where the bus operates.”
Roberts, the associate vice president of Commercialization and
Regional Development, said USU has a team that focuses
exclusively on the technology of wireless power transfer —
moving large amounts of electricity from the electrical grid
through the air into a vehicle battery. “USU has one of the
leading scientific teams in the entire