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What drove the TCO so high that ditching already paid for hybrid busses made sense?
by sagarm 2y ago
What drove the TCO so high that ditching already paid for hybrid busses made sense?
- bell-cot 2y agoSticker price on a hybrid bus was a few $100K higher than on a conventional, the actual mileage wasn't all that much better, and the maintenance was considerably more expensive. My source didn't mention reliability - but it's a big enough system that they'd track that as cost, too. ("ditching already paid for" - probably not the case. Vs. leasing, or selling the hybrids on, or something.)