Well, it's an interesting idea. For high-frequency routes, it might be better to have a bus that can run off mains power (say by using poles to connect to wires suspended above the road for instance ).
Well, it's an interesting idea. For high-frequency routes, it might be better to have a bus that can run off mains power (say by using poles to connect to wires suspended above the road for instance ). It could then have much smaller batteries and charge up on the move. However, this sounds like a decent answer for low-frequency routes where wiring the route up might not be economical. The two could interface fairly easily.
The two poles means a great deal of difficulty if going off-route.
Shame its an Optare though :roll:
They can be supplemented by onboard battery or other means for off-wire running, as demonstrated successfully by a number of trolleybus systems in the world, for example, Beijing.