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Yeah I forgot to mention the "fuel savings" these buses were suppose to have. Did you know all these buses need coolant heaters to keep the engines at operating temperatures ! The stupid Cat C-9 engines do not produce enough heat in a bus system with the hundreds of feet heater hoses for the...

There "Lithium-Ion" batteries in sealed 2volt cells. They are cooled by hydraulic oil coolers. The same buses are in service in Hawaii (they piggy-backed their bus order on ours) but they have AC units cooling them. The Alison transmissions are extremely expensive and we were the first transit...

I should also mention that the transit agency has over 300 "Hybrid" buses. That means there is a "huge" battery bank on top of the buses. These battery banks are 2 cell units (measuring 4" x 4" x 12" ) connected together with copper alloy links. There is 50 units all together. The weight of the...

All that you said "can" be true, but (there's always a but) if both batteries are the "same" and bought and installed at the "same" time they act just like "one" battery if the connecting cables are good and of the proper capacity. Working in the trucking and bus industry for 4 decades I've seen...

That's what I run also. I have had no problems from them in 5 years now.