20-023 - Zero Free Emissions in Brighton - Brighton and Hove Alexander Dennis Enviro 400ER No. 307 (YX69 NVS) 'Mary Clarke'
Taken 09/01/20 in Blatchington Road, Hove. The following detail about the batch of Enviro 400ERs delivered in the last quarter of 2019 is taken from the Alexander Dennis website:
"Alexander Dennis is expanding the UK’s widest range of low and zero emission buses with the new Enviro400ER Electric Range hybrid double deck bus. Developed with BAE Systems, the Enviro400ER offers geofenced zero emission capability, making it an ideal solution for pollution hotspots in towns and cities.
Based on the series hybrid technology proven in over 1,400 Alexander Dennis hybrid buses in the UK, the new Enviro400ER provides an easy solution to meet local Ultra Low Emission Zones and zero emissions targets without the need for expensive charging infrastructure and without an impact on daily operational range.
The Enviro400ER can run for up to three miles in electric mode, with the exact distance depending on factors such as travel time and route profile. The vehicle utilises a 32kWh capacity energy storage system, comprising third generation lithium nickel manganese cobalt battery technology, as well as the same components as the latest generation Enviro400H hybrid bus. The battery does not need to be charged externally, avoiding costly infrastructure in depots or at termini.
Arthur Whiteside, Managing Director UK Sales at Alexander Dennis, says: “Improving air quality is on everyone’s agenda and Alexander Dennis supports these efforts with the market’s widest range of low and zero emission buses. Our new Electric Range option offers a highly cost-effective way of introducing zero emissions capability with no need to change operational practices.”
Ian Wilson, Director of Business Development at BAE Systems, adds: “Our proven Electric Range hybrid technology provides an innovative and practical solution that is used in thousands of buses worldwide. This system delivers low emission operation wherever there is emerging demand for clean air zones, without the complication and expense of charging infrastructure.”
Brighton & Hove is the first UK bus operator to order the Enviro400ER. 30 Electric Range hybrid buses will join the Go-Ahead Group subsidiary’s fleet later this year for use on route 5, running in zero emissions mode in the centre of Brighton."
The bus carries the name 'Mary Clarke': "Mary Clarke was the first suffragette to die for women’s right to vote. Born in Salford, Mary was artistic and designed and sold fancy goods. She managed to escape a marriage which was deeply unhappy and abusive and thereafter dedicated herself to women’s rights. With her sister Emmeline Pankhurst she was a founder member of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU). In 1909 she became WSPU Organiser for Brighton, campaigning and speaking at meetings, including in the Dome and Hove Town Hall. She boarded with Minnie Turner in Victoria Road and worked from the WSPU Offices near the Clock Tower. She was present on 18 November 1910 (“Black Friday”) when a peaceful march to Parliament was met by 6 hours of sexual assault and violence by police. Though injured, two days later she returned to London to protest about police conduct. She broke a window and was sent to prison for one month, where she went on hunger strike and was forcibly fed, a brutal activity, now accepted to be a form of torture. On Christmas Day 1910, two days after her release from prison, she died of a brain haemorrhage. Her Obituary called her the “first woman martyr who has gone to death for this cause."
20-023 - Zero Free Emissions in Brighton - Brighton and Hove Alexander Dennis Enviro 400ER No. 307 (YX69 NVS) 'Mary Clarke'
Taken 09/01/20 in Blatchington Road, Hove. The following detail about the batch of Enviro 400ERs delivered in the last quarter of 2019 is taken from the Alexander Dennis website:
"Alexander Dennis is expanding the UK’s widest range of low and zero emission buses with the new Enviro400ER Electric Range hybrid double deck bus. Developed with BAE Systems, the Enviro400ER offers geofenced zero emission capability, making it an ideal solution for pollution hotspots in towns and cities.
Based on the series hybrid technology proven in over 1,400 Alexander Dennis hybrid buses in the UK, the new Enviro400ER provides an easy solution to meet local Ultra Low Emission Zones and zero emissions targets without the need for expensive charging infrastructure and without an impact on daily operational range.
The Enviro400ER can run for up to three miles in electric mode, with the exact distance depending on factors such as travel time and route profile. The vehicle utilises a 32kWh capacity energy storage system, comprising third generation lithium nickel manganese cobalt battery technology, as well as the same components as the latest generation Enviro400H hybrid bus. The battery does not need to be charged externally, avoiding costly infrastructure in depots or at termini.
Arthur Whiteside, Managing Director UK Sales at Alexander Dennis, says: “Improving air quality is on everyone’s agenda and Alexander Dennis supports these efforts with the market’s widest range of low and zero emission buses. Our new Electric Range option offers a highly cost-effective way of introducing zero emissions capability with no need to change operational practices.”
Ian Wilson, Director of Business Development at BAE Systems, adds: “Our proven Electric Range hybrid technology provides an innovative and practical solution that is used in thousands of buses worldwide. This system delivers low emission operation wherever there is emerging demand for clean air zones, without the complication and expense of charging infrastructure.”
Brighton & Hove is the first UK bus operator to order the Enviro400ER. 30 Electric Range hybrid buses will join the Go-Ahead Group subsidiary’s fleet later this year for use on route 5, running in zero emissions mode in the centre of Brighton."
The bus carries the name 'Mary Clarke': "Mary Clarke was the first suffragette to die for women’s right to vote. Born in Salford, Mary was artistic and designed and sold fancy goods. She managed to escape a marriage which was deeply unhappy and abusive and thereafter dedicated herself to women’s rights. With her sister Emmeline Pankhurst she was a founder member of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU). In 1909 she became WSPU Organiser for Brighton, campaigning and speaking at meetings, including in the Dome and Hove Town Hall. She boarded with Minnie Turner in Victoria Road and worked from the WSPU Offices near the Clock Tower. She was present on 18 November 1910 (“Black Friday”) when a peaceful march to Parliament was met by 6 hours of sexual assault and violence by police. Though injured, two days later she returned to London to protest about police conduct. She broke a window and was sent to prison for one month, where she went on hunger strike and was forcibly fed, a brutal activity, now accepted to be a form of torture. On Christmas Day 1910, two days after her release from prison, she died of a brain haemorrhage. Her Obituary called her the “first woman martyr who has gone to death for this cause."