As aluded to in a comment a few months ago, all of the Enviro 400Hs in the Reading Buses' fleet have been "de-hybridized" and converted back to plain diesel running diesel by chucking the batteries and giving them a standard drivetrain.
The result is this almost cursed engine sound that feels like a potara fusion of a Euro 4 E200 and an old Trident. I like it but still miss them as hybrids.
I've heard various reasons as to the conversion, ranging from poor amounts of power (expected from a 4 cylinder engine lolololol) to the batteries going bad and not being econmical to replace them. Either way, it seems hindsight has reared its ugly head yet again to the human race for the 74, 238,875th time.
Bus details: ADL Enviro 400 / SN11 BVV / Reading Buses 214
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Негізгі бет Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары Riding a "de-hybridized" ADL Enviro 400
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