(03 Mar 2023, 7:46 pm)Michael wrote •Annual average distance per vehicle, 107,000km, (calculated from operatorfleet schedules provided to TNE)

•Infrastructure maintenance costs (Chargers); 5% of CAPEX, Default ModelValue

•Average cost per electric bus, £367,695 Single Deck, £468,000 DoubleDeck, Supplied by Bus Operators from manufacturers quotes.•Cost of diesel bus, £185,000 Single Deck, £250,000 Double Deck (Suppliedby Bus Operators provided to TNE)

•Battery Replacement Costs, £3,739,707.51 (2032/33) Yr 8, (Supplied by Bus Operators provided to TNE)

•Electricity Costs, Default GBM Value (BEIS Profile)

Must say it's no wonder they're not being bought outside of funds considering they're more expensive to run pretty much aswell.

They're literally 2x the price for a single decker taking account of the mid life battery replacement of £75k. It'll be interesting to see if we'll end up seeing buses being ditched if that doesn't come down but the price of new buses are lower. Seems silly spending £80k on a bus when you can buy a new one for £185k (Diesel or maybe Hydrogen and that point) and get twice the life out of it but that's maybe just me.