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Re: Fleet Allocation as of 13 October 2013
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19/01/2014 00:08:21
When are Dublin Bus trialling a B5LH?
The B5LH has sold well over here, but it is very rough at idle when the engine is engaged (even though these are parallel hybrids, the engine does sometimes run when the bus is stationary, and you'd really notice its vibrations). It has plenty of go (apparently Volvo had to restrict the power of the hybrid motor because unrestricted it was causing wheelspin!), but I have no idea how reliable they are. I do know that earlier Enviro 400s were extremely unreliable on hilly routes, but the models from 2012, which have an improved version of the hybrid system are supposed to be much better, if a little troublesome from time to time. Hopefully the Euro 6 hybrid is a lot smoother than the older ones, as that's the only thing that really lets them down.
PS: I have every faith in what you say when it comes to what's happening with Capwell's allocations, I'm just not trying to get excited about new deckers simply because I remember how the excitement turned into disappointment the last two times deckers were ordered!
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