We used to have electric buses in the 30s, they used this really clever system to reduce the weight of the buses and negate the risks of a battery fire! They hung wires above the streets and the buses could hook onto them manually to draw power, with refinements in technology the bus can connect itself at the push of a button, or even disconnect and reconnect automatically if you need to depart your lane! Awesome stuff, and no need to destroy the environment mining lithium and cobalt! Well worth investing in overhead lines on the busiest routes rather than having expensive batteries that will make the buses worthless after a few years.
A lot people would know this, but it is something that some Cities are investing in. A lot of decision based on politics, I think thee is pros can cons for each mode of transportation
Thanks !! Very interesting especially since I used to be a PCV driving instructor..... but on much, much older vehicles... RT's RML's etc etc. Good to hear that you enjoyed the drive....!!
You must go back a long way being a instructor on RT and RML and thanks for watching the video.. We have a RT in my garage I will post a clip I did recently
Be interesting to see how these Wright electrics compare to the BYD/ADL electrics your garage already has on the 160 for the last two years from your point of view.
When you press the ac button it will go on full blast as default, just press the left/right fan button to adjust the fan speed. When you press the middle (auto mode) button, it will run as heat (red) and vent (white) mode. If you press the ac button afterwards, it will run in cool (blue) and vent (white) mode. I pressed the ferry lift button once and it locked the bus up, wont move at all so dont touch it
They use to pull u up, but to be honest the rule about shoes really applied old buses with different pedals. But I’m still a like to see drivers in uniform. I think lot of ppl like trainers cos it just a lot more comfortable.
Could you teach some drivers how to use wheelchair ramp as been on 199 from this Bellingham bus garage and some poor sod in a wheelchair can't get on as driver didn't know how to operate it 😁 oh and screens are out of sinc saying next stop is deptford high street when I'm in catford lol on positive note bloody nice buses 👍
They should have put the battery panel with a key, so only staff (driver, maintenance, etc) can open it. No jokes cos the interlock circuit isn't fully closed for the current to flow.
Take it from me you don't , I'd rather shovel s*** than go back to that job (19yrs) ... constantly changing shift patterns each week , No sleep pattern and permanently tired. ... 5yrs away from TL and all I miss about it is the other drivers
How does the steering wheel feel on this ? In my garage we have the EE buses (BYD dennis one) It feels unnaturally heavy like it has 0 power steering. Overall for a new bus they dont drive great in my opinion, They look like an ADL but drive quite poorly, instances like your meant to glide over speed humps... no this bus lowers itself to a kneel position whilst in motion :) But as the person mentioned thats type training you. If this bus is made by the same people as the boris busses it should be better. The BYD busses look like a dennis, drives nothing like one. The busses we have feel like prototype vehicles very problematic for 20 plate and above busses with less than 100k on the clock
Was half-expecting the batteries to be exchanged rather than charged on the vehicle, with the offloaded batteries being charged at the depot. Mind you, the batteries would probably be too bulky for this to work
@thatbusdriverguy4182 no just like buses I know the same ones as them don't have the backdoors but we also have the optare metro deckers and they have the back doors on them
Our electric Street Deck Wright buses are 19 tonne unladen. We have leather seats and aircon space for 2 wheel chairs or 3 buggies. Don't like the fact that we can't adjust the camera mirrors only engineers can do that.
Good video. Am a driver myself. But we have no electric vehicles. Alot of different checks to a normal vehicle. The dash adjacentment is a weird one one
As a bus and hgv driver of more than 24yrs I find it odd that many bus companies won't let drivers out in a vehicle they haven't been "trained" on.. Any competent driver should be able to jump in any vehicle and work it out themselves. I drove a brand new Mercedes lorry a few weeks ago and, quite rightly, it was for me to work out how the controls worked and what dash switches do what. I had to go on RU-vid to find out how to adjust the steering wheel. "type training" drivers is patronising. I
Excellent advertisement to help those bus nuts steal it easier 😂 Never like the street decks, one of the worst vehicles I’ve ever driven, cheap and uncomfortable. Great video though 😊
Is that your experience, the heating for passengers suppose to work on it own driver has no control.. It’s set to come on at certain temperature. Bus heating always seem to be an issue. It’s really poor
@@thatbusdriverguy4182 yup, the company I worked for are literally still fixing them daily, and they are all less than a year old! Give me an old e400 or e200mmc any day!!! Or a dart!!
As someone who changes the windows on all these buses, wright's are a lot better to work on lol I have a nice scar on my arm to tell you why the e400 city's are crap 😂
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