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Posted by RyogaRidesTheMTA on Thu Jun 25 00:24:52 2009, in response to Re: Photos from my Canada trip Part III..., posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Jun 25 00:09:13 2009. Yeah, Toronto had MAJOR problems with the buses with the old battery pack so they retrofitted Litium-Ion battery packs on all Orion Hybrids (OG and NG) that had the original lead-acid batteries.They're hoping that this will solve the problems they had with the buses stalling and the batteries dying... ...aka the TTC almost learned the hard way that series-hybrid buses aren't for them (a lot of the routes travel on long stretches without braking which means no regenerative braking/charging which means dead batteries...). I doubt a new battery pack will solve ALL their problems, but at least the have the option to change all new orders into Diesel Orion VII NGs just in case. They will already be receiving Diesel Orion VII NGs as soon as the current Hybrid order is done. Only time will tell if the Lithium-Ion battery packs will keep Toronto's Hybrids on the streets... |
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