Quote Originally Posted by bull.... View Post
whats the point in electric buses?

costs a more to buy them than current buses
tender periods are to short for contracts , might not get your investment back within the concession period of contract
issues over battery performance
They have a lot of unused buses, including decommissioned trolley buses, so cost will be related to the conversion not ab initio purchase.

Can't recall the details but the contracts for the Wellington routes NZBus still holds were not out for public tender, so some sort of right of renewal.