(26 Aug 2015, 4:13 pm)Michael It'll be interesting to see how it copes on the 20/20A being its a long route, it still has a 7.7 litre engine so it might cope quite well, we just don't know until it enters service...
I do hope it goes well and GNE do buy some... it also depends on the price, anyone know the rough price, that including.. sockets, WIFI and stop announcements?, as GNE will have to buy 20 of them? 
To be quite honest, the Streetlite Micro-Hybrids cope well on services 8/78 (even if they sound like they are being pushed to their limits). The Volvo B8RLE will have to be one hell of a bus to prove itself better than the Streetlite Micro-Hybrid, and the fuel economy of both is what will really make or break an order for either.
Based on the press releases earlier this year for the new "Coast & Country" and "Red Kite" Streetlites, a top-spec Streetlite comes in at around £165,000. Whilst I would expect the Volvo B8RLE to be more expensive, I cannot see the difference being huge, as Wrights must want to sell some Volvo B8RLEs otherwise they wouldn't have offered bodywork for it in the first place..!
