(09 Jan 2023, 11:50 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Assuming they have decent enough regen, it would be just about equivalent to driving the same distance on level ground. So, for a hilly route an EV would be perfect.

There needs to be some sort of infrastructure in place such as fast chargings at stops e.g 

Newcastle/Gateshead/Metrocentre/Durham/Chester-Le-Street/Heworth/Washington Galleries/Sunderland/South Sheilds/Stanley/Consett however It seems GNE are going for the ability to plug in and charge but thats fine and great when its at the depot but routes such as X21/10's. As Im pretty sure you have the ability to charge 0-80% in like 7/8 mins in Germany and other european countries and layovers are regularly 5-10 mins charging even for 3 mins at Durham or smth would massively help but Im pretty sure you can only do that with overhead chargers and it doesn't seem like GNE is heading that way. 

Aswell you need to deal with them potentially being damaged however in the major bus stations wont/shouldn't be an issue however its locations such as possibly  Greenside/Brandon/Langley Park/Low Moorlsey where routes end after quite a long distance and then when they break it costs money.