Originally Posted by
Zaphod
You're right - not enough clear detail in the article to be useful!
NZ Bus face a real dilemma; do they purchase brand-new hybrid diesel-electric buses at a premium, and bank on the fact that they will be allowed to use these vehicles for their entire useful life (20-25 years), or do they repower the existing trolleybuses as an interim measure? Either way this is quite a capital intensive exercise.
The proposed timeline for the GWRC tender means NZ Bus could end up investing capital into new equipment in 2016 ready for the 2017 trollybus decommissioning, but not win the tender and be forced to dispose of the equipment by the Jan 2018 contract implementation date.