800 Electric buses being ordered. Made in the North.
Cleaner Air.
Today @TFIupdates signs the contract with @Wright_bus that will see 800 fully electric buses delivered across the country over the next 5 years #Transport #buses pic.twitter.com/k3qy7LiWhh— Eamon Ryan (@EamonRyan) June 13, 2022
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Be nice to get the diesel stink away from the centre of urban areas. 5 years is a little unambitious but its a start. There are over 10000 buses and coaches in Ireland, including public and private
[https://wrightbus.com/en-gb/electric-bus-streetdeck-electrolinerBEV](https://wrightbus.com/en-gb/electric-bus-streetdeck-electrolinerBEV)
2.5 hour charging time and 320KM range
Additional buses, electric and hydrogen, are key to the transition from fossil fuels.
This, rather than replacing every car with an electric one, is the sustainable future.
And now they just need people to drive them.
Really hope they’re actually spread out across the city not just electric busses for Dalkey
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Battery buses are not a great idea imo.
Batteries are expensive, environmentally damaging to make and are a fire risk. Overhead cables would be cheaper, safer and more efficient in the long run.
Battery buses are the simple, lazy solution to appear green, they are not the best solution, but this is Ireland so the easy and expensive “solution” it is.
Edit: if anyone thinks I am just hating on this I still think it’s good, but this is not the best option
Good. Now make them all 24 hours
Better late than never.
Good to see this happening. Pity we’re not getting any here in Galway yet.
The Wright Bus Company, why is that name familiar … oh yeah, now I remember, financial chicanery and religious wingnut stuff: https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/09/26/news/bus-maker-s-collapse-prompts-questions-over-donations-to-evangelical-church-as-former-workers-vow-to-picket-green-pastures-o-1722624/
Maybe they’ve cleaned up their act since, who knows.
really good to see wrightbus getting its shit together after all this time
So…… what do we do when we start having brownoouts and blackouts due to the increased load on the electrical grid from all these new e-vehicles?
Can someone explain to me why Ireland is following the British trend of double-deckers while going electric instead of acquiring articulated buses? It makes no sense when it comes to aerodynamics and probably many more issues. Aside from that, they’re just ugly and look dated.
We’re getting them in Derry, the entire Foyle metro fleet is going electric. Can’t wait!
youre about 10 years behind the rest of europe Eamon
Great to see, keep them coming!
This is why they have the young ones burning them
Buses polute the most in terms of combustion engine. Why? Because 99% of have the DPF filters removed or gutted for fuel efficiency and as well as another MAJOR problem that would be caused to the engines in buses is the DPF would choke them out and destroy the engine.
Nice to see some clean air. Now stop putting fireplaces and chimneys on houses.
Remember what happened to the last car company in northern Ireland