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Edit: See comment below. The first fire was a fully electric bus, not a hybrid. > "The vehicle utilises a 32kWh capacity energy storage system, comprising thi

by janice1999 3y ago

Edit: See comment below. The first fire was a fully electric bus, not a hybrid. > "The vehicle utilises a 32kWh capacity energy storage system, comprising third generation lithium nickel manganese cobalt battery technology" I think it might be this hybrid but I could not find a confirmation [0]. [0] https://www.alexander-dennis.com/alexander-dennis-enviro400er-gives-electric-range-with-new-hybrid-option/ https://www.alexander-dennis.com/alexander-dennis-enviro400e...

rsynnott 3y ago
Almost certainly one of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch_Metrodecker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch_Metrodecker , based on the details in the story. Full battery bus, not a hybrid. Been around for 10 years, so probably unlikely to be LFP.
- janice1999 3y ago
  Thanks. I haven't heard of Switch Mobility before.
- vidarh 3y ago
  You're likely right. Here's a site that lists the vehicles used on the specific route mentioned a few days ago [1] and now [2]. All the ones starting Me appears to be Metrodecker's (click through the vehicle number). Notice how they've been replaced by "SE" (which appears to be ADL Environ200's) and others. https://bustimes.org/services/200-raynes-park-wimbledon-mitcham/vehicles?date=2024-01-10 https://bustimes.org/services/200-raynes-park-wimbledon-mitc... https://bustimes.org/services/200-raynes-park-wimbledon-mitcham/vehicles?date=2024-01-14 https://bustimes.org/services/200-raynes-park-wimbledon-mitc...
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michaelt 3y ago
The article is actually about two bus fires - one in west london, south of the thames: > a double-decker caught fire on Thursday [...] The fire started during the morning rush hour in Wimbledon [...] the operator, London General - a subsidiary of Go-Ahead London - and the bus manufacturer, Switch And also one a day later, in east london, just north of the thames: > On Friday, a hybrid double-decker bus was destroyed in a fire [...] in North Woolwich. [...] the operator, Go-Ahead, and the manufacturer, Alexander Dennis [...] we have no reason to suspect that this fire on a hybrid bus was linked to an earlier incident on an electric bus

rsynnott 3y ago

Almost certainly one of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch_Metrodecker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch_Metrodecker , based on the details in the story. Full battery bus, not a hybrid. Been around for 10 years, so probably unlikely to be LFP.

janice1999 3y ago
Thanks. I haven't heard of Switch Mobility before.
vidarh 3y ago
You're likely right. Here's a site that lists the vehicles used on the specific route mentioned a few days ago [1] and now [2]. All the ones starting Me appears to be Metrodecker's (click through the vehicle number). Notice how they've been replaced by "SE" (which appears to be ADL Environ200's) and others. https://bustimes.org/services/200-raynes-park-wimbledon-mitcham/vehicles?date=2024-01-10 https://bustimes.org/services/200-raynes-park-wimbledon-mitc... https://bustimes.org/services/200-raynes-park-wimbledon-mitcham/vehicles?date=2024-01-14 https://bustimes.org/services/200-raynes-park-wimbledon-mitc...
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michaelt 3y ago

The article is actually about two bus fires - one in west london, south of the thames: > a double-decker caught fire on Thursday [...] The fire started during the morning rush hour in Wimbledon [...] the operator, London General - a subsidiary of Go-Ahead London - and the bus manufacturer, Switch And also one a day later, in east london, just north of the thames: > On Friday, a hybrid double-decker bus was destroyed in a fire [...] in North Woolwich. [...] the operator, Go-Ahead, and the manufacturer, Alexander Dennis [...] we have no reason to suspect that this fire on a hybrid bus was linked to an earlier incident on an electric bus