01-18-2019, 04:18 PM
(01-18-2019, 03:37 PM)timc Wrote:(01-18-2019, 12:34 PM)tomh009 Wrote: The hybrid buses we have now, dating back over ten years, did not live up to expectations.
Whose expectations? I thought they did as well as expected.
The first hybrids they bought were of the parallel type and the hybrid drives in them are horribly unreliable. (Nova Bus didn't offer a series type hybrid at the time of purchase) The TTC ordered series type hybrids for all its hybrids which were far more reliable than the parallel type but the older Orion VII Hybrids also have some reliability issues with the hybrid drives because they weren't a mature enough technology when they were purchased. This current gen model that the TTC ordered recent seems to be much more reliable than previous gen.