Roland Perry wrote:
In message -septemb
er.org, at 07:38:29 on Fri, 17 Jul 2015, Recliner remarked:

More relevant was the Rolls Royce Phantom which I quoted. Its batteries are
probably as big as a bus's.

How much does the installation cost and how quickly does it recharge the batteries?

It was an experiment, so probably "a lot" and "too slowly". RR decided
there wasn't enough demand from its customers to proceed at this stage,
though apparently the car was terrific (very good performance and even more
silent than the V12 version).

I guess it'll come back when there are more city centre zero emission
zones, but the car had the usual EV range problem: it's fine in town, but
not for a longer distance run to the house in the country. Not many
customers, even for RR Phantoms, keep one car for the city centre only, and
another similar model for out of town usage.

Electric urban buses are different, as they only need a short, completely
predictable range. The same bus won't be expected to provide intercity
services. Inductive charging makes it possible to have frequent quick
top-ups on the road, not just in a depot or terminus.