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Grumpy_chap

Martyn1981 said:

the first pic is rather disturbing with an odd looking driver/image. Plus I suspect it's been photoshopped into a LHD country?

That first picture certainly is a bit unusual.

1. Number plate country identifier = France
2. Right hand drive car
3. Driving on the right hand side of the road (so should be left hand drive car)

Solarchaser

Solarchaser said:

A few months ago there was apparently a worldwide shortage of tm3 windscreens, this is word of mouth from a colleague who suffered a Stone strike from a truck, and had to wait nearly 3 months.

Heard from a colleague this week that his has *just* been replaced after a 6 month wait, so it seems I misspoke about the delay being months ago, apologies for misleading, it was not intentional.

JKenH

Transition to EV slowing as cost of charging concerns increase

https://www.motortrader.com/motor-trader-news/automotive-news/transition-ev-slowing-cost-charging-concerns-increase-31-10-2022

JKenH

Post on Tesla prices moved to EV discussion thread.

JKenH

Check out the fastest-selling used EVs in the UK on Auto Trader

https://www.motortrader.com/motor-trader-news/automotive-news/check-fastest-selling-evs-auto-trader-25-10-2022

silverwhistle

Grumpy_chap said:

Martyn1981 said:

the first pic is rather disturbing with an odd looking driver/image. Plus I suspect it's been photoshopped into a LHD country?

That first picture certainly is a bit unusual.

1. Number plate country identifier = France
2. Right hand drive car
3. Driving on the right hand side of the road (so should be left hand drive car)

For point 3, it may be deliberate if it's a delivery vehicle as it means the driver will be getting out on the safe side of the vehicle. In a similar way I believe the Finnish post office had such vehicles to avoid where possible drivers having to get out  in the cold winters there.

Martyn1981

More BEV buses for Ireland. But the scheme seems a bit expensive.

Electric Bus Boom: Northern Ireland Buying 100 Electric Buses

The UK’s Translink has announced that it is excited about the Department for Infrastructure providing £88 million in funding to buy 100 zero-emission electric buses as well as EV charging infrastructure to support them.

Translink says this “will be transformational in delivering a zero emission transport future for Northern Ireland.”

Wrightbus will be supplying the electric buses. Being the UK, the buses will be a mixture of single-deck buses and double-deck buses.

All 100 electric buses should be in service no later than the summer of 2024.

Grumpy_chap

Martyn1981 said:

the scheme seems a bit expensive.

A bus costs around £400 according to this article https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/how-much-london-bus-actually-22355188

So 100 buses is £40M
If the other half of the money is EV charging infrastructure for across NI, then that is likely a good investment.  It may also include some infrastructure that will facilitate EVs other than public buses.

Martyn1981

Grumpy_chap said:

Martyn1981 said:

the scheme seems a bit expensive.

A bus costs around £400 according to this article https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/how-much-london-bus-actually-22355188

So 100 buses is £40M
If the other half of the money is EV charging infrastructure for across NI, then that is likely a good investment.  It may also include some infrastructure that will facilitate EVs other than public buses.

Good point. I read it as charging infrastructure for those buses, but if it supports more buses (in the future) and other EV charging, then it does get better. Plus anything ahead of the curve helps with confidence.

Just re-inforcing the local distribution grid to establish bus charging locations, may allow for other EV charging infrastructure to piggyback at a later date.

So silly, but I really like it when the local BEV buses go past when I'm out walking on a wet day, as you can hear the tyres, due to the lack of any diesel rumbling.

Grumpy_chap

Martyn1981 said:

Good point. I read it as charging infrastructure for those buses, but if it supports more buses (in the future) and other EV charging, then it does get better. 

I have no special insight or knowledge - I only quickly skim-read the article you linked.
It's just, if I ran a bus company, and decided to go towards electric buses, I would upgrade the infrastructure at Grumpy_town bus garage so that the whole fleet could convert to electric and then migrate the fleet across as vehicles reached their natural replacement cycle.