(09 Sep 2020, 4:32 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Is there any update on the removal of the hybrid system of 6064 and conversion? 
Seems like it's been away forever at this point!

https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE/status/1319344413676625925?s=20

(23 Oct 2020, 8:24 am)ne14ne1 wrote Looks like its still 'progressing': https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE/status/1319344413676625925?s=20

(23 Oct 2020, 8:34 am)JP6004 wrote Does look like much change since last pic few months back

(06 Dec 2020, 9:59 am)Michael wrote Are we any closer to 6064 returning?

(06 Dec 2020, 10:14 am)ne14ne1 wrote Maybe someone with Facebook could submit a question for Dan and MG’s Facebook live event.

(06 Dec 2020, 10:19 am)Michael wrote I would but I'll end up missing most, if not all of it as I'm at work.

(23 Dec 2020, 3:37 pm)ne14ne1 wrote It’s getting there...

https://twitter.com/martijngne/status/1341760585046888450?s=21

(21 Apr 2021, 9:51 pm)TEN 6083 wrote
It’s back on the road


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(21 Apr 2021, 11:36 pm)Micheal Aaron Parker wrote Wonder if they are testing it before they send it back up to the North East

(23 Apr 2021, 10:02 pm)Ambassador wrote Never really enjoyed these. They were intensely unreliable on the 21 (an issue that has only really just been resolved) but pleased to see they’ve got some life in them yet!

(23 Apr 2021, 10:02 pm)Ambassador wrote Never really enjoyed these. They were intensely unreliable on the 21 (an issue that has only really just been resolved) but pleased to see they’ve got some life in them yet!

(03 May 2021, 5:09 pm)Dan wrote 6064 has now been converted to Euro 6 diesel, and is undergoing some 'live testing' in service at East Yorkshire (predominantly the Park & Ride service in Scarborough) prior to its return to Go North East.

Go North East: 6064 / NK62CLZ by Daniel Graham, on Flickr

(04 May 2021, 10:50 am)Rob44 wrote So is this bus now more Environmentally unfriendlily or do the alliterations not make much difference?

(04 May 2021, 10:55 am)Rob44 wrote but is Euro 6 better than euro 5 with hybrid system? When it pulls away for a bus stop the engine is emitting fumes to those who as standing there where with the hybrid it was omitting nothing till the engine kicked in?

(04 May 2021, 1:27 pm)ne14ne1 wrote Ideally we’d have Euro 6 hybrids (if not zero emission vehicles) for all new non-express purchases, rather than Euro 6 diesel-only with stop/start.
Like you say new hybrids would idle and travel for periods on battery power reducing emission & noise pollution in our towns and cities. They’d give a much more peaceful experience for the passengers too, and drivers seem to report a smoother drive & more instant torque.

Of course unlike in Central London, operators aren’t stipulated to purchase/operate hybrids here, so they aren’t chosen due to the higher purchase (& maintenance?) costs. Instead we spend the money on frills and creature comforts in attempt to increase customer numbers.

It does sound like a backwards step for operators to be removing these earlier generation hybrid systems & turning the vehicle into a diesel-only system, but if it reduces emission output then it’s a good thing.
As we’ve discussed before unfortunately these Gemini2 hybrids didn’t last very long in electric-only mode and then momentarily lost momentum while switching over to the Diesel engine.
Some Gemini3 hybrids would be very welcome though.
I can dream.

Speaking of hybrids etc, I wonder how that trial Enviro400MMC is doing in Brighton which runs on diesel, and then switches to electric mode when it reaches the geofence of town/city centres.

(04 May 2021, 4:34 pm)Malarkey wrote Would've been more interesting if the B5LH's would've been converted to being fully electric rather than diesel but I imagine the cost for this would've been extremely high.