(21 Jan 2024, 8:38 pm)busmanT wrote Don’t bus companies only run the batteries down each day until they have 20% left?
I don't run a bus company so I wouldn't know.
That said, if that is the case then the Yutong seems pretty limited in its ability to do a 21, given this has been allocated to a particularly short board and is returning to the depot with 25% left. So if they are then ordered for use on that route, you'd say that those who are running the company are pretty clueless too.
(22 Jan 2024, 12:23 am)Andreos1 wrote Sounds like they're not very productive.
Hopefully someone can have a word and drive the cost of them down.
Don't want to be paying a premium for something that's not very productive.
Mind, when you mix a vehicle that's not very productive, with a driver who isn't very productive - it's got disaster written all over it.
I wonder what would happen if you put them in the hands of Stagecoach drivers, or even those over at GNW? I reckon you're looking at getting 2 full boards out of each electric vehicle per day.