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cleowin replied to Express691's topic in Metro Vancouver
I thought TL was ordering only electric vehicles moving forward. Xde60 is hybrid -
Why are these coming back? Is it due to the 9 losing trolleys? They just got shifted to the 41, so why the need for more D40LF's?
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As much as i know the outcome is going to come either way, i prefer if they stick to the lower investment options, i will be sad if all buses operating on our roadways are 100% electric. There should be a healthy mix. The depots that use Diesel bus right now should be electric, but the depots with CNG/RNG are already using low carbon vehicles. Hope CNG vehicles continue to operate beyond the current life cycle : )
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Are they keeping some D40LF's as spares moving forward? Seems like every new bus is now in service, so that's good news.
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These buses are officially my new favourite in the system, they have great engine and transmission sounds : )
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i wonder why a single D40LF is out of VTC. Also why do they never give any spare D40LF's to BTC? They haven't seen a D40LF since Nova HEV's arrived in 2009
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There's only maybe 17 D40LF's left in service with 10 XN40's to go. Are we going to keep a few stragglers around? Maybe we keep a handful until the next bus expansion?
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Why are D40LF's going to PTC? I'm confused.
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I'm still confused how they are going to address routes that aren't RapidBus, the amount of new vehicles coming in create a surplus of RapidBus units, shouldnt TL request some of the 2019's to come in standard livery?
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I like the electric XE40, sounds kinda like the trolleys. i might be okay with a future of all electric vehicles. Second note, the Nova LFS-E also sounds great. This may be the first Nova that i actually enjoy, though the new HEV's are nice too
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The entire Dybrid fleet of 2009 Nova HEV's are lemons ; )