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Post by snowman on Dec 13, 2021 21:47:53 GMT
The Route One article on the Volvo BZL has a bit of extra info, including the following: In single-deck right-hand drive format, Volvo says that the BZL Electric will be offered first at 10.8 and 12m lengths. However, there is scope to go bigger or smaller. Mr Owen adds that the manufacturer is confident it can build the single-decker at lengths between 9m and 13m. So it looks like the BZL could well be an option for single-deck London routes, not just double-deck ones, especially if they can build it to a 9m length.
Route One has done new update, on both the double deck for Metroline, and the single deck for Kent Fasttrack Not sure about the styling of the front, bit fussy in my eyes The Interior shots of the two, seem a world apart, the seating on the Metroline one looks basic and not inviting, but the Kent version looks rather cosy www.route-one.net/features/volvo-bzl-range-comprehensive-battery-electric-bus-offering/
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Post by Busboy105 on Dec 13, 2021 22:31:43 GMT
The Route One article on the Volvo BZL has a bit of extra info, including the following: In single-deck right-hand drive format, Volvo says that the BZL Electric will be offered first at 10.8 and 12m lengths. However, there is scope to go bigger or smaller. Mr Owen adds that the manufacturer is confident it can build the single-decker at lengths between 9m and 13m. So it looks like the BZL could well be an option for single-deck London routes, not just double-deck ones, especially if they can build it to a 9m length.
Route One has done new update, on both the double deck for Metroline, and the single deck for Kent Fasttrack Not sure about the styling of the front, bit fussy in my eyes The Interior shots of the two, seem a world apart, the seating on the Metroline one looks basic and not inviting, but the Kent version looks rather cosy www.route-one.net/features/volvo-bzl-range-comprehensive-battery-electric-bus-offering/That DD is the ugliest bus I've ever seen... the SD looks decent. The front looks similar to GAL'S Irizars
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Dec 17, 2021 22:17:17 GMT
Noticed by chance on a TikTok video that the newer SC BYDs at TL have CCS2 chargers which are also the same type that many electric cars use and the Electroliner too. I wonder if this is now the new standard for BYD.
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Post by TB123 on Dec 23, 2021 18:47:46 GMT
ADL/BYD are finally launching a smaller E200EV, there is a photo circulating of one at what appears to be 9m length. Not my photo but will screen grab and try uploading
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Post by cl54 on Jan 7, 2022 12:51:55 GMT
The new buses for the 63 seem to be struggling.
Stood down over Christmas and only limited numbers in service since.
By contrast the Caetano buses at WL seem to be performing well.
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Post by vjaska on Jan 7, 2022 15:14:37 GMT
The new buses for the 63 seem to be struggling. Stood down over Christmas and only limited numbers in service since. By contrast the Caetano buses at WL seem to be performing well. The Caetano buses have been in service far longer - it's common for new vehicles to have teething troubles.
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Post by greenboy on Jan 7, 2022 16:22:34 GMT
The new buses for the 63 seem to be struggling. Stood down over Christmas and only limited numbers in service since. By contrast the Caetano buses at WL seem to be performing well. It's been suggested that it's to do with charging facilities at WL.
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Post by WH241 on Jan 7, 2022 17:42:44 GMT
The new buses for the 63 seem to be struggling. Stood down over Christmas and only limited numbers in service since. By contrast the Caetano buses at WL seem to be performing well. Read elsewhere they were stood down over Christmas because of parking space issues as less are buses used during this period.
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Post by cc2005 on Jan 12, 2022 19:21:46 GMT
I wonder what the interior of the Optare MetroDecker will look like and how they’ll manage to make the lower deck rear facing seats to be forward facing given that they’re right over the wheel arch, once the New bus safety standard becomes mandatory.
Will this reduce the size of the wheel arch or increase the height of those seats? - just thinking the way they’ve done it on the ADL/BYD e400ev..
Future versions of the hydrogen WHD buses and the Volvo BZL will have to look quite different internally when this comes into effect:/
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Post by snowman on Jan 12, 2022 20:20:56 GMT
BYD has now built 70,000 electric buses (including those built with partners www.bydeurope.com/article/411Moscow has just put its 1000th electric bus in service (which is why TfL press releases no longer mention London as class leading when mentioning electric buses), they have simply been overtaken.
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Post by cc2005 on Feb 3, 2022 19:32:04 GMT
Thinking to the future, when the Hampstead H1/2/3 routes come up for retender and if electric buses are specified, I wonder whether the small Technobus Pantheon will be considered as an option..
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Post by BE37054 (quoll662) on Feb 3, 2022 21:14:56 GMT
Thinking to the future, when the Hampstead H1/2/3 routes come up for retender and if electric buses are specified, I wonder whether the small Technobus Pantheon will be considered as an option.. Firstly they already have compliant 68-regs so I doubt electrics would be ordered unless they were lost. Also, the H1 was renumbered 631 a few years back.
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Post by cc2005 on Feb 4, 2022 6:38:37 GMT
Thinking to the future, when the Hampstead H1/2/3 routes come up for retender and if electric buses are specified, I wonder whether the small Technobus Pantheon will be considered as an option.. Firstly they already have compliant 68-regs so I doubt electrics would be ordered unless they were lost. Also, the H1 was renumbered 631 a few years back. Apologies, yes I meant 631/H2/H3, thanks for correcting
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Post by snowman on Mar 27, 2022 8:05:15 GMT
Here is the full list of the 943 zero emission buses confirmed yesterday, details from route-one magazine, listed in size order www.route-one.net/news/zebra-standard-track-198m-for-943-zero-emission-buses/Largest of the successful bids in the second tranche is from Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). It will see DfT provide £36.9m towards to procurement of 170 battery-electric buses by Q1 2024. They will replace the current fleet operated by Stagecoach Manchester from its Stockport depot. The operator will construct a new base in the town to house those buses and contribute approximately £37.2m to the project. GMCA will provide £12.5m. Oxfordshire County Council: £32.8m towards 159 battery-electric buses. They will be a mix of double- and single-deckers and be operated within Oxford City Centre and its hinterlands by Oxford Bus Company and Stagecoach Oxford. Those operators will contribute £43.7m West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA): £30m towards 124 hydrogen fuel cell-electric buses. 100 of those will be double-deckers and 24 will be articulated examples for the Sprint bus rapid transit route between Walsall and Solihull Blackpool Council: £19.6m towards 115 battery-electric buses (57 double-deck, 58 single-deck) for operation by Blackpool Transport on its Palladium-branded services. Other funding will come via a Blackpool Council loan and the sale of existing Euro VI stock West Yorkshire Combined Authority: £23.1m towards 111 battery-electric buses. Of those, 47 will be double-deckers for Arriva Yorkshire, while First West Yorkshire and Transdev Blazefield will each receive 32 single-deckers. Those operators and WYCA will collectively provide £34.5m of funding towards the project Nottingham City Council: £15.2m towards 78 battery-electric single-deckers for Nottingham City Transport (NCT). They will replace the operator’s existing single-deck fleet in its entirety. NCT will make an undisclosed financial contribution. 12 of the buses will be 12m and 66 will be approximately 10.8m York City Council: £8.5m towards 44 battery-electric single-deckers to be operated by First York. The operator will contribute £10.5m. The buses are planned to be manufactured by Arrival, although a second OEM is in hand as a back-up North Yorkshire County Council: £7.8m towards 39 battery-electric buses to be operated by Transdev Blazefield. 20 will be single-deckers and 19 will be double-deckers. 10 of the single-deckers and all the double-deckers will have opportunity charging. The latter vehicles will convert route 36 between Leeds, Harrogate and Ripon to zero-emission operation and will be required to cover up to 350 miles per day. Transdev Blazefield will provide £13.3m Portsmouth City Council as lead bidder: £6.4m towards 34 Arrival battery-electric single-deckers that will be operated by First Hampshire and Dorset. First will provide around £7.9m of funding. The buses are expected to be in service by the end of March 2024 South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority: £8.4m towards 27 battery-electric single-deckers. 23 will be 12m examples for Stagecoach Yorkshire at its Rawmarsh depot in Rotherham. The operator will contribute an undisclosed amount. Four will be 9.5-10m vehicles for use on a new city centre shuttle service in Sheffield. Pantograph opportunity charging equipment in Rotherham bus station forms part of the project Hertfordshire County Council: Approximately £6m toward 27 battery-electric single-deckers for operation by Arriva Herts and Essex in Stevenage. Arriva will contribute an undisclosed amount to the scheme Smallest of the funded bids is from Norfolk County Council. It has been awarded £3.3m of ZEBRA money towards 15 battery-electric single-deckers that will be operated by First Eastern Counties in Norwich. They are slated to enter service in Q1 2024. The operator will contribute £3.6m.
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Post by COBO on Mar 30, 2022 16:46:13 GMT
Is it fair to say that RATP has the most electric buses in its fleet operating in the TfL area?
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