(06 Mar 2016, 9:00 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote Would GNE not be better waiting to see if any routes within GNE require an upgrade from older stock or even from single to double deckers in a few years time and convert either the Fab 56, Cobalt Clipper or even both to Streetdecks with the B9s being cascaded elsewhere? The fuel savings would be massive and by then, Wrightbus might even make a stop / start (but still just a standard Microhybrid) version of the Streetdeck which would deliver even bigger fuel savings.
P.s later point not heard from anywhere but just a mere example.
With developments such as microhybrids offering 'economies', it is appropriate that fleet engineers want to see whether these work before committing themselves to acquiring fleets of new vehicles.
I would imagine that the companies proposing these modifications will be keen to get results from real fleet usage and will 'encourage' conversions - perhaps at subsidised cost.