At either end of the 15-mile route 358 between Crystal Palace and Orpington, in the southeast of the capital, the fleet of 20 buses is being refueled.
Attached to a bus roof, the arm-like pantographs may deliver powerful charging in as little as six minutes.
This lowers the fleet size needed to service the route because the cars don’t have to go back to garages to recharge.
The buses are aesthetically pleasing and have traits with trams.
Additionally, Transport for London (TfL) has a “safer” front with features like speed limits, audio alerts to notify pedestrians and other road users of the bus’s movements, and cameras and monitors for the driver in place of mirrors.
“The installation of new rapid-charging pantograph infrastructure on one of London’s longest bus routes is an innovative step forward, helping us to run cleaner, greener services that get Londoners where they need to be,” stated Lorna Murphy, TfL’s director of buses.
“By collaborating with partners from many industries on this project, we are demonstrating how the wider transition to net zero may be accomplished.
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