On 6 Jul, 11:26, Boltar wrote:
On 6 Jul, 11:16, Adrian wrote:

shrug
How often do bus engines require full power? Not very.

Agreed but when they do need it they really need it. The steep hills
around mill hill, highgate , hampstead and southgate spring to mind. A
hybrid bus with an exhausted battery going up one of those hills won't
be very popular with other motorists.

B2003

They've been trialling these for 2 years now. This hasn't been an
issue. It might be if the bus was used on a route going up a mountain
without a stop. Not many of these in London.