(14 Jul 2022, 3:49 pm)Malarkey wrote It's due to go down South to Brighton & Hove for some trials following completion of the ones here in the North East."Ricardo is seeking to offer the hydrogen fuel cell re-powered vehicles at around half the price of a new bus, significantly reducing the upfront investment required whilst also avoiding up to 45,000kg of carbon dioxide emissions by extending the life of existing buses rather than building from new. The aim is to secure 50% match funding investment plus customer commitment for an initial production of 150 buses, which could enter service from late 2024."
https://cbwmagazine.com/ricardo-repowers...uel-cells/
so if in theory SNE decided to re-engine the ALX300s,1st gen E300s,any E300s before the 2014 batches and E400s before the hybrid E400Hs thats probably a good 60 to 70 vehicles that Ricardo can prove themselves on, and it also saves stagecoach forking out money on new buses which they seem to love doing in the case of the northeast, im wondering if that's why we still using buses that are nearly 20 years old when for example hull is using SP08 batch E300s as trainers