Posted Nov 16, 2010, 11:24 PM
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The Vancouver trolley's have a battery pack that has got a 10 km max range. The challenge is that if you do a max range more than a few times you ruin the battery pack ( 109 cells costing $40,000) and have to replace them. The battery pack is useful for short moves of a couple of hunfred metres.
One other aspect of the cost of trolleys is that you need extra facilities for servicing. The vancouver trolley service bays have catwalks at bus roof height ---so the electonics tech can service the power supply ( located on top of the bus).
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