Volvo 7900 Electric with Stagecoach West Scotland
Early battery-electric buses in Scotland were five Volvo 7900 Electric examples with Stagecoach West Scotland, which as can be seen if this pictures is zoomed in were funded by SP Energy Networks. Unlike other electric buses in the country since, these are opportunity charged, for which an inverted pantograph exists in Kilmarnock bus station.
Such a manner of replenishment has died away as battery technology and energy efficiency has advanced even over just a few years, but the 7900 Electric examples are highly unusual in a Stagecoach fleet. The model has now been superseded in the UK by the BZL platform. Here 76005 (SJ21 NFH) is seen adjacent to Kilmarnock bus station while working a 1 to Priestland.
Volvo 7900 Electric with Stagecoach West Scotland
Early battery-electric buses in Scotland were five Volvo 7900 Electric examples with Stagecoach West Scotland, which as can be seen if this pictures is zoomed in were funded by SP Energy Networks. Unlike other electric buses in the country since, these are opportunity charged, for which an inverted pantograph exists in Kilmarnock bus station.
Such a manner of replenishment has died away as battery technology and energy efficiency has advanced even over just a few years, but the 7900 Electric examples are highly unusual in a Stagecoach fleet. The model has now been superseded in the UK by the BZL platform. Here 76005 (SJ21 NFH) is seen adjacent to Kilmarnock bus station while working a 1 to Priestland.