Electric Buses

[cardew]

The new Yutongs on the T1 in Aberystwyth are very comfortable to travel on. Higher spec than would be expected for urban use though, those useful pop-out coat hooks would be bent out of shape week one.

[EK40]

Just seen a post saying a Full electric Yutong single decker bus is at bc could this be the new 1908 and will it be based at yw or cv

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Most likely either this or the merc will replace the e200s and b7rles that will remain in coventry 

Feel like the yutong will be chosen since its very popular currently and that the merc is quite expensive too but thats my grain of salt.

[Tony]

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Most likely either this or the merc will replace the e200s and b7rles that will remain in coventry

Feel like the yutong will be chosen since its very popular currently and that the merc is quite expensive too but thats my grain of salt.

And what about the Wrights Kite and Alexander Dennis 100 that haven't been demonstrated yet?

How much is the difference in price between the Yutong and the Mercedes? Genuine question, I don't know.

[don]

And what about the Wrights Kite and Alexander Dennis 100 that haven't been demonstrated yet?

How much is the difference in price between the Yutong and the Mercedes? Genuine question, I don't know.

Would the ADL100 be large enough, other than to replace the mini E200s and Streetlites (23 buses)? 25 seats plus 20 standees.

Surely the BYD/ADL E200 EV would be more suitable from the ADL range to replace the normal length E200s and B7RLEs? 

[Tony]

One of the 'Zenobe 8' ready for use next week 
NXWM Z4005 (wmbusphotos.com)

[2900]

Those Zenobe ADLs  in a single colour look much better in the metal than in pictures, some clever use of viynl could add some contrast to the base colour. 

[Owen]

I really like how on the electrics kind of kept the 'swoosh' while making the blue stripe part of the main vinyl.

I mean the small lining, just under the bottom windows in a white colour leaving a splash effect above the rear tyres. in a way kind of looks like a re adaptation of the previous livery

E038 looks a lot better than the rest. Can't quite place my finger on it. Must be the lack of blue front branding.

[spacecowboy150]

What is Zenobe?

[Stu]

What is Zenobe?

Google is your friend. Also this forum has a handy search function.

https://www.zenobe.com/uk/

[Stevo]

Z4001/7 on the 6 today.

[B61 ANDREW]

Z4001/6/7 around today. 

[BBS]

Z4001/6/7 around today.

Use bustimes and see if their tracking 

[Owen]

Could the electric buses use summer road, as the height of an electric is 4.2 metres. Would the 28 be a candidate to go double deck?

[Jack]

Could the electric buses use summer road, as the height of an electric is 4.2 metres. Would the 28 be a candidate to go double deck?

Not unless you want them to lose their roof... 28 can't have doubles unless the route gets re-routed.

[Steve3229vp]

Could the electric buses use summer road, as the height of an electric is 4.2 metres. Would the 28 be a candidate to go double deck?

Absolutely no way, when the new electrics arrive they will eventually and hopefully be used on routes that frequently have single deckers on them like 2, 3, 7, 33, 65, 67 and 907