MTA ordered ten Orion VI/HEV buses to serve as prototypes for NYC Transit's Clean Fuel Bus program. These were also the first low floor buses ordered by the agency. All ten buses were retired by 2005.
Orion VI Interior
Orion VI/HEV 6350 on 3rd Avenue at East 72nd Street, August 4, 2002
Orion VI/HEV 6350 on 3rd Avenue at East 72nd Street, August 4, 2002
Orion VI/HEV 6357 at the 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC, June 27, 2001
Orion VI/HEV 6357 at the 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC, June 27, 2001
Orion VI/HEV interior