Electric vehicles
Electric vehicles
(22 Nov 2021, 12:42 pm)ne14ne1 The Prime Minister with 8809 which was sporting a few additional temporary vinyls while serving as a shuttle at Port of Tyne today:
https://twitter.com/martijngne/status/14...23683?s=21
(22 Nov 2021, 12:42 pm)ne14ne1 The Prime Minister with 8809 which was sporting a few additional temporary vinyls while serving as a shuttle at Port of Tyne today:
https://twitter.com/martijngne/status/14...23683?s=21
(22 Nov 2021, 5:14 pm)Andreos1 Imagine wanting to associate with or go anywhere near Boris.Only a cretin with Custard's lack of awareness would dare set foot in the region after what he has done...
PR exercise, begging bowl opportunity or something else.
Hopefully it hasn't damaged anyone's brand or reputation too much.
(22 Nov 2021, 5:14 pm)Andreos1 Imagine wanting to associate with or go anywhere near Boris.Only a cretin with Custard's lack of awareness would dare set foot in the region after what he has done...
PR exercise, begging bowl opportunity or something else.
Hopefully it hasn't damaged anyone's brand or reputation too much.
(22 Nov 2021, 5:55 pm)54APhotography Only a cretin with Custard's lack of awareness would dare set foot in the region after what he has done...
(22 Nov 2021, 5:55 pm)54APhotography Only a cretin with Custard's lack of awareness would dare set foot in the region after what he has done...
(22 Nov 2021, 7:08 pm)DeltaMan Honestly, only this forum could find a way to have a go at GNE for providing a private hire using an electric bus just because the PM used it. Have a word!
(22 Nov 2021, 7:08 pm)DeltaMan Honestly, only this forum could find a way to have a go at GNE for providing a private hire using an electric bus just because the PM used it. Have a word!
(22 Nov 2021, 7:08 pm)DeltaMan Honestly, only this forum could find a way to have a go at GNE for providing a private hire using an electric bus just because the PM used it. Have a word!
(22 Nov 2021, 7:08 pm)DeltaMan Honestly, only this forum could find a way to have a go at GNE for providing a private hire using an electric bus just because the PM used it. Have a word!
(22 Nov 2021, 7:21 pm)Dan And not just the PM but 120 other business leaders in the region who attended the conference and could have been so amazed by the quality and standard of the Voltra electric bus that they encourage bus travel to colleagues in their businesses, through new corporate travel schemes.When you have a PM, who gave a speech like that....
Terrible idea. Go North East should be ashamed of themselves for developing new business opportunities.
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(22 Nov 2021, 7:21 pm)Dan And not just the PM but 120 other business leaders in the region who attended the conference and could have been so amazed by the quality and standard of the Voltra electric bus that they encourage bus travel to colleagues in their businesses, through new corporate travel schemes.When you have a PM, who gave a speech like that....
Terrible idea. Go North East should be ashamed of themselves for developing new business opportunities.
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(22 Nov 2021, 7:21 pm)Dan And not just the PM but 120 other business leaders in the region who attended the conference and could have been so amazed by the quality and standard of the Voltra electric bus that they encourage bus travel to colleagues in their businesses, through new corporate travel schemes.
Terrible idea. Go North East should be ashamed of themselves for developing new business opportunities.
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(22 Nov 2021, 7:21 pm)Dan And not just the PM but 120 other business leaders in the region who attended the conference and could have been so amazed by the quality and standard of the Voltra electric bus that they encourage bus travel to colleagues in their businesses, through new corporate travel schemes.
Terrible idea. Go North East should be ashamed of themselves for developing new business opportunities.
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(22 Nov 2021, 7:31 pm)Ambassador Having seen his speech and performance, I’d hope electric buses don’t have that effect on everyone ?
Get amazed by Voltra but wonder why Diane from accounts isn’t too thrilled with her Omnidekka. Probably one for another debate but bus and to a extent metro travel is the number one barrier to us getting colleagues back into the office. Hard to install confidence in them
(22 Nov 2021, 7:31 pm)Ambassador Having seen his speech and performance, I’d hope electric buses don’t have that effect on everyone ?
Get amazed by Voltra but wonder why Diane from accounts isn’t too thrilled with her Omnidekka. Probably one for another debate but bus and to a extent metro travel is the number one barrier to us getting colleagues back into the office. Hard to install confidence in them
(22 Nov 2021, 7:43 pm)Dan You’re absolutely right - but allow people to have a conversation about it, rather than just give up on public transport completely.I hope there is positive business from the CBI people, but I wouldn't take an ounce of confidence from that charlatan Johnson. After what he's done to Rail in our region, don't believe anything he commits to.
If even just some of the 120 business leaders travelling on that bus today start thinking about how their employees travel to work and consider bus as a viable option - because buses have changed since some people have last used them (pre-Covid), including all the cosmetic changes but also more attractive ticketing options (better price, more flexibility) - then this is a good thing.
I don’t think any of them were under any illusion that every bus was to that standard - but as I say, it enables a conversation to start taking place. There’s a long journey ahead and it won’t be easy, but there needs to be a proactive and collaborative approach to getting those people back in offices.
Usually see a lot of criticism on this forum about how operators are not proactive, don’t do anything besides ‘titivating’, and so on. I’d like to think, political views aside, that this ought to be considered a positive.
That was what today was about, more than anything else. The PM being there and wanting to talk about Go North East’s electric buses was just a by-product, and I can’t see there being any reputational damage when the MD’s Twitter account has a very limited audience.
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(22 Nov 2021, 7:43 pm)Dan You’re absolutely right - but allow people to have a conversation about it, rather than just give up on public transport completely.I hope there is positive business from the CBI people, but I wouldn't take an ounce of confidence from that charlatan Johnson. After what he's done to Rail in our region, don't believe anything he commits to.
If even just some of the 120 business leaders travelling on that bus today start thinking about how their employees travel to work and consider bus as a viable option - because buses have changed since some people have last used them (pre-Covid), including all the cosmetic changes but also more attractive ticketing options (better price, more flexibility) - then this is a good thing.
I don’t think any of them were under any illusion that every bus was to that standard - but as I say, it enables a conversation to start taking place. There’s a long journey ahead and it won’t be easy, but there needs to be a proactive and collaborative approach to getting those people back in offices.
Usually see a lot of criticism on this forum about how operators are not proactive, don’t do anything besides ‘titivating’, and so on. I’d like to think, political views aside, that this ought to be considered a positive.
That was what today was about, more than anything else. The PM being there and wanting to talk about Go North East’s electric buses was just a by-product, and I can’t see there being any reputational damage when the MD’s Twitter account has a very limited audience.
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(22 Nov 2021, 8:15 pm)54APhotography I hope there is positive business from the CBI people, but I wouldn't take an ounce of confidence from that charlatan Johnson. After what he's done to Rail in our region, don't believe anything he commits to.
(22 Nov 2021, 8:15 pm)54APhotography I hope there is positive business from the CBI people, but I wouldn't take an ounce of confidence from that charlatan Johnson. After what he's done to Rail in our region, don't believe anything he commits to.
(22 Nov 2021, 6:36 pm)Andreos1 Not just the region. The entire country.
Appreciate we are getting away from electric buses, but once those images are published, there's absolutely no getting away from the fact that a certain operator and its staff are pictured (voluntarily) associating, bumping elbows and rolling out the red carpet for the cretin responsible for some horrendous mistakes and subsequently overseeing the highest numbers of deaths in the western world, for many a year.
I'm looking at these photos now, cringing and asking 'why'.
(22 Nov 2021, 7:18 pm)Michael 100% agree.
At least he's up here.... haven't seen Keir Starmer in the NE unless I've missed something.
(22 Nov 2021, 7:31 pm)Ambassador Having seen his speech and performance, I’d hope electric buses don’t have that effect on everyone ?
Get amazed by Voltra but wonder why Diane from accounts isn’t too thrilled with her Omnidekka. Probably one for another debate but bus and to a extent metro travel is the number one barrier to us getting colleagues back into the office. Hard to install confidence in them
(22 Nov 2021, 7:43 pm)Dan You’re absolutely right - but allow people to have a conversation about it, rather than just give up on public transport completely.
If even just some of the 120 business leaders travelling on that bus today start thinking about how their employees travel to work and consider bus as a viable option - because buses have changed since some people have last used them (pre-Covid), including all the cosmetic changes but also more attractive ticketing options (better price, more flexibility) - then this is a good thing.
I don’t think any of them were under any illusion that every bus was to that standard - but as I say, it enables a conversation to start taking place. There’s a long journey ahead and it won’t be easy, but there needs to be a proactive and collaborative approach to getting those people back in offices.
Usually see a lot of criticism on this forum about how operators are not proactive, don’t do anything besides ‘titivating’, and so on. I’d like to think, political views aside, that this ought to be considered a positive.
That was what today was about, more than anything else. The PM being there and wanting to talk about Go North East’s electric buses was just a by-product, and I can’t see there being any reputational damage when the MD’s Twitter account has a very limited audience.
(22 Nov 2021, 6:36 pm)Andreos1 Not just the region. The entire country.
Appreciate we are getting away from electric buses, but once those images are published, there's absolutely no getting away from the fact that a certain operator and its staff are pictured (voluntarily) associating, bumping elbows and rolling out the red carpet for the cretin responsible for some horrendous mistakes and subsequently overseeing the highest numbers of deaths in the western world, for many a year.
I'm looking at these photos now, cringing and asking 'why'.
(22 Nov 2021, 7:18 pm)Michael 100% agree.
At least he's up here.... haven't seen Keir Starmer in the NE unless I've missed something.
(22 Nov 2021, 7:31 pm)Ambassador Having seen his speech and performance, I’d hope electric buses don’t have that effect on everyone ?
Get amazed by Voltra but wonder why Diane from accounts isn’t too thrilled with her Omnidekka. Probably one for another debate but bus and to a extent metro travel is the number one barrier to us getting colleagues back into the office. Hard to install confidence in them
(22 Nov 2021, 7:43 pm)Dan You’re absolutely right - but allow people to have a conversation about it, rather than just give up on public transport completely.
If even just some of the 120 business leaders travelling on that bus today start thinking about how their employees travel to work and consider bus as a viable option - because buses have changed since some people have last used them (pre-Covid), including all the cosmetic changes but also more attractive ticketing options (better price, more flexibility) - then this is a good thing.
I don’t think any of them were under any illusion that every bus was to that standard - but as I say, it enables a conversation to start taking place. There’s a long journey ahead and it won’t be easy, but there needs to be a proactive and collaborative approach to getting those people back in offices.
Usually see a lot of criticism on this forum about how operators are not proactive, don’t do anything besides ‘titivating’, and so on. I’d like to think, political views aside, that this ought to be considered a positive.
That was what today was about, more than anything else. The PM being there and wanting to talk about Go North East’s electric buses was just a by-product, and I can’t see there being any reputational damage when the MD’s Twitter account has a very limited audience.
(22 Nov 2021, 7:21 pm)Dan And not just the PM but 120 other business leaders in the region who attended the conference and could have been so amazed by the quality and standard of the Voltra electric bus that they encourage bus travel to colleagues in their businesses, through new corporate travel schemes.
Terrible idea. Go North East should be ashamed of themselves for developing new business opportunities.
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(22 Nov 2021, 7:21 pm)Dan And not just the PM but 120 other business leaders in the region who attended the conference and could have been so amazed by the quality and standard of the Voltra electric bus that they encourage bus travel to colleagues in their businesses, through new corporate travel schemes.
Terrible idea. Go North East should be ashamed of themselves for developing new business opportunities.
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Was going out to Hexham today and spotted 8808 going towards Prudhoe with an engineer driving, bit far from its usual areas.
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