(02 Feb 2026, 10:39 pm)Storx wrote Does anyone know what batteries these are fitted with as if they have the 275 mile battery I'm not totally conviced this is fixable at all.
The example above, is giving a total of around 200 mile a day, in real world terms, which isn't totally unrealistic on cold days (it's generally reported as 30% less on EV Cars) and no-one is getting the top range regardless unless you run it to empty, everyone drives perfectly and are running at city speeds which isn't the 21.
https://bustimes.org/vehicles/gnel-6152?date=2026-02-02 - Picking a board like that, which is one of the shorter ones, you're looking at round 200 miles (using 10 miles for a CLS run, 15 miles for a Durham and 20 miles for Brandon).
Who knows, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone has made a huge cock up here.
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For a side note the longest 63 board at Redcar is 195 mile roughly, the same 63 which uses single deckers which have a longer range, and Arriva ditched due to range issues...
Agreed. I'd find it more concerning that this is how they are performing straight out of the gate, with zero degradation.
Have any of them actually completed a full duty yet on anything beyond a late runout?
Are the Arriva 43/44/45 boards more realistic? From what I've heard the BYD has been getting some decent numbers when on driver training.