17 Jan 2022, 4:02 pm
#791
(16 Jan 2022, 12:59 pm)Omega54 I hope 6942 can be in some commercial routes before it goes would be nice.
Also are there any plans to upgrade any G1's, or both Voyager Omnidekka's (euro 4) and Geminis (euro 5) to Euro6. Because where will all the omnidekkas, Geminis, G1's go when the CAZ is introduced.
Eminox offer their Eminox SCRT for Volvo B7TL's so no reason why they could not be upgraded if said vehicles were going to be used on Services which run into Newcastle which right now isn't the case.
The B7TL Gemini's are all allocated between Chester-Le-Street and Deptford given their current Euro rating and I don't think this is going to change either, it would be more likely to see the Ex Lothian B9's upgraded despite only being a year or 2 older than the latter.
Magtec offer a EV Repower Package on the Scania N94UD chassis but why would you do this on vehicles are 17 to 19 years old, it doesn't make any business sense to me to do this as it will only have a short term benefit. On the other hand lets says we were doing with the Volvo B9TL Wright Gemini's or Wright Streetlites in the fleet then I don't have an issue with it as these vehicles are likely to be in fleet for a further 8 years depending on what upcoming investment and grants for EV Vehicles looks like.
You can view the following link below to see what companies offer modifications and to which vehicle types.
https://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/sit...0.2019.pdf
