On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 16:06:54 +0000
Basil Jet wrote:
On 2016\12\09 13:57, Recliner wrote:
They presumably have regenerative braking, so the weight won't make
too much difference to the efficiency. But it explains why there won't
be any double-deck battery buses.

This can't be right! Pushing a bus that's twice as heavy through the
streets has to use twice the energy, and regen braking won't change that
equation.

Probably depends how effective the regen braking is. I suspect in london
traffic with its slow stop start the answer is "not very" as regenerative
braking doesn't work very well at slow speeds.

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Spud