(06 May 2025, 11:29 am)ReDemPTiion wrote I feel like the yutongs are going to struggle with the long routes, these and maybe the 36 especially if they’re out early morning until late night.
Wonder if the drivers will get sick of them too. I know of at least one Stockton driver who is looking to transfer to Hartlepool due to Stockton going fully electric. Potentially even looking at going to Newcastle on loan.
The only drivers (2 of them) are extensor enthusiastic about driving diesel vehicles and don’t want to move with technology, ask the other 182 drivers their views on the yutongs and it’s hugely different. Even the very old school angry drivers are massively positive when it comes to them.
As for the mileage the long runs they won’t struggle at all, the only problem they have is the 1/2 on the old running boards where in excess of 430 miles.
Most drivers are finding with the regenerative braking you can quite regularly end up in a similar place range wise when doing a full 36 start to finish.