Kleandrive has revealed the latest generation of diesel bus retrofit solutions to repower mid-life vehicles, delivering a purchase price saving of £300,000 over a new battery electric bus
#Kleandrive reveal latest retrofits
cold kite
chrome star
maybe london operators might do that to existing B5LHs and E40Hs/SHs
rugged glen
i hope not for smart hybrids
vagrant gyro
cold kite
they’ve tried it so much and it can never last like 2/3 years
I’m sure there was another company who tried it with plaxton presidents and G1s
with emission filters in them as well
didn’t last long
dark thistle
they’ve tried it so much and it can never last like 2/3 years
😂 😂 always ends up withdrawn after a certain time
cold kite
yep 💀💀
cold kite
Vantage power flopped
that’s the nameee
dark thistle
They done it on some 123 VLAs & some 292 VLPs &, they werent seen after a few months iirc
Even that TC PDL 😭
chrome star
I’m sure there was another company who tried it with plaxton presidents and G1s
vantage power but that was hybrids
and tbf they buses they did it to were already dead as fuck 😭
an electric conversion actually seems feasible, especially to the MMCs and G3s/Evosetis
cold kite
They done it on some 123 VLAs & some 292 VLPs &, they werent seen after a few mo...
grim
cold kite
and tbf they buses they did it to were already dead as fuck 😭
this is probably why
a hybrid system is more reliable than an electric one anyway
and if hybrids aren't surviving then electrics have a lot more where that's coming from
chrome star
a hybrid system is more reliable than an electric one anyway
64 reg TUK mmcs are already becoming shit 😭
cold kite
I have high hopes for them
I expect them to last the longest compared to anything out there rn
euro 5 ones run well on diesel mode themselves
chrome star
euro 5 ones run well on diesel mode themselves
most of them still r able to use the motor well
only really the RR whvs which are fucked
AL did something to their WHVs for them to be working well again