On 22.02.2017 3:10 PM, Clank wrote:
On 22.02.2017 12:30 PM, tim... wrote:


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On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:05:28 -0800 (PST)
Paul Corfield wrote:
the bus market - there are very few viable hybrid single deck buses and
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en fewer all electric or hydrogen buses. China seems to have a monopoly
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producing electric single deckers (see those on the 507/521) and I don't
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European manufacturers caught napping. They only have themselves to blame.
Though I suppose given the prevalence of trolleybuses in Europe

prevalence ?

I can thing of a few places

but only a very few

certainly nowhere near enough to make it a dominant factor for suppliers

I can't think of a city I visit regularly that doesn't have them, to be
honest.

(Although I do accept that the cities I visit regularly are representative
of absolutely nothing ;-). But I do regularly visit a good half dozen
cities that all have trolleybuses (as well as living in one.))