Large Cat Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 13 hours ago, Marlow1331 said: Uhhhhh why is this in this thread? Um, because those are pictures of the drivers' console of the BYD test bus? edit: That said, cmbc2008, you really don't need to "welcome us to Vancouver transit centre" anymore. We're quite familiar with it. But thank you for posting pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brzyski Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 8 minutes ago, Large Cat said: Um, because those are pictures of the drivers' console of the BYD test bus? Those were originally posted somewhere else and I guess an admin moved them here. I think the bus resembles NFI LFRs a lot; considering that Chinese manufactures hardly have innovations on the looks of buses, this is not news... From their website, I think this one is a 30-ft K7. http://www.byd.com/usa/bus/k7-electric-transit-bus/#specs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlow1331 Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 34 minutes ago, brzyski said: Those were originally posted somewhere else and I guess an admin moved them here. Exactly. My post was originally in the "new articulated for vancouver" thread. With that being said. You can now excuse my comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmbc2008 Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neopasturquoise Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 More information: http://buzzer.translink.ca/2017/05/new-electric-bus-rolls-on-vancouver-streets-beginning-may-15-2017/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin ORION Posted May 12, 2017 Root Admin Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 That must be the new BYD demonstrator wrapped in the translink livery from the looks of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlow1331 Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 9 minutes ago, orionbus said: That must be the new BYD demonstrator wrapped in the translink livery from the looks of it. Yes. Its the same red and black one that showed up previously . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted May 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Someone posted a pic of the VIN and it matched with the bus that was here in early November. Article currently lists all the VTC UBC 40' routes (25, 33, 41, 84) The article also mentions that we have 116 CNG buses but in reality we have 146. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Large Cat Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 1 hour ago, neopasturquoise said: More information: http://buzzer.translink.ca/2017/05/new-electric-bus-rolls-on-vancouver-streets-beginning-may-15-2017/ My favourite thing I have learned so far about the new bus, after reading this article, is that it is going to be batter-powered. Perhaps it will be zero emissions, but if it did emit anything, it would smell like cake! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 I wonder when BYD Electric bus is done its trail for TransLink will it go do a trail for BC Transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullFrontalElectric Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Pretty cool looking bus. just saw the news on CTV and they said it will save 80% a year over Diesel. Crazy numbers if true. If the mayor can plug it in to charge then how hard could it be. Can't wait to ride it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlow1331 Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 2 hours ago, FullFrontalElectric said: Pretty cool looking bus. just saw the news on CTV and they said it will save 80% a year over Diesel. Crazy numbers if true. If the mayor can plug it in to charge then how hard could it be. Can't wait to ride it. Lets see how hard it "could" be for it to finish the actual trial first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando737 Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Not just about the BYD, but this thread is the best place for this. http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/battery-powered-electric-buses-translink Along with the BYD testing bus, this article mentions the testing on the 100 starting next year. It says Translink will purchase 4 electric buses, 2 from Nova and 2 from New Flyer, and the infrastructure for charging stations at the terminus. Says it will be a testing period of 2.5 years. Can't wait for all of this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover5949 Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 If this technology proves to be a success this could spell the end of trolley bus service here. It was mentioned by Kevin Desmond that this technology would be cheaper to run then the current Trolley fleet as there is no trolley overhead wire maintenance to contend with. Be careful what you wish for with this technology! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando737 Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 44 minutes ago, dover5949 said: If this technology proves to be a success this could spell the end of trolley bus service here. It was mentioned by Kevin Desmond that this technology would be cheaper to run then the current Trolley fleet as there is no trolley overhead wire maintenance to contend with. Be careful what you wish for with this technology! They are also looking for cleaner alternatives to diesel so we could see these electric buses replace current diesels if things work out. They could potentially make VTC a fully electric depot. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anyfong Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 11 hours ago, Brando737 said: Not just about the BYD, but this thread is the best place for this. http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/battery-powered-electric-buses-translink Along with the BYD testing bus, this article mentions the testing on the 100 starting next year. It says Translink will purchase 4 electric buses, 2 from Nova and 2 from New Flyer, and the infrastructure for charging stations at the terminus. Says it will be a testing period of 2.5 years. Can't wait for all of this. If they're going to purchase from both Nova and New Flyer, they better find a common charging mechanism that is are compatible. Nova has the pantograph attached to the station itself while New Flyer has the charger attached to the bus itself, so they're very different and not compatible. Installing two different kinds of charging stations makes the installations overall much more expensive. Nova: New Flyer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 What will it be numbered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
translink Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 16 minutes ago, bus is coming 1965 said: What will it be numbered? If the pictures on the previous page are to be believed. 1007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmbc2008 Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Ready to start services 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Apparently we were lied to??? about the May 15 rollout. Bunch of us were out to catch it but we saw nova after nova after nova. Theyre never firm on release dates and such. EDIT: Just found out it had a mechanical issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium2002 Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Demonstrations like these can be unpredictable. In any case it'll be fun to track down even once in service because it probably won't have the INIT system onboard... I mean, one can correlate the TComm runs or the TransLink real-time data with the schedules to determine the existence of this whisper-quiet bus, but that won't be necessarily easy when out in the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 22 minutes ago, Millennium2002 said: Demonstrations like these can be unpredictable. In any case it'll be fun to track down even once in service because it probably won't have the INIT system onboard... I mean, one can correlate the TComm runs or the TransLink real-time data with the schedules to determine the existence of this whisper-quiet bus, but that won't be necessarily easy when out in the field. It is unpredictable because we just found out it had a mechanical issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium2002 Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 I wasn't terribly enthused about heading out today to take a ride due to the weather... If it is out on Wednesday, then I might take a peek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmbc2008 Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Ready to start services Ready to start services Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meraki Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 With the photo date of the 12th, it's running a little late. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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