Arriva Low Emission Vehicles

[Myllenium2453]

RE: Arriva Low Emission Vehicles
The length of the routes could be a factor as is lack of charging points ( ie none at all ) but also a lot of the routes have hills wherever you go and could also be a risk of drawing a lot of power just to get a vehicle up to the top whereas in London the route the all elecy vehicles work on could well be totally flat and thus not put the vehicle at risk of battery drain.

Add to that the weight of the vehicle with a full load of say 90 passengers + driver that means the system has got to move a vehicle of 12 ton + another 6 ton in passengers + driver and there is no way in my opinion that an all elecy vehicle in Merseyside could cope. If any of the companies want to take the task on and try and prove me wrong then bring it on but thats my view anyway.

The 6 ton figure for passenger weight is based on the ratio of every 15 passengers = 1 ton in weight added to the vehicle.