rid of all those diesel buses chugging around. and that is where this new piece of technology comes in. designed by an ex formula one engineer and his team, it looks like a normal double decker, but they say they found a way of boosting how far it can go on one charge. it s got five batteries, like this one, secreted around the vehicle, but that s not the clever bit. the clever bit is at the back, because apparently with electric buses, they can use as much energy just heating and cooling the cabin, as they do physically driving along. so they ve developed much more efficient air conditioning. and that means overall it s got a much longer range. ian foley used to work for williams and lotus, until he decided to turn his skills to something a bit less racy. it s still a big challenge. interestingly, weight is an issue just like in formula one, because the batteries we need for the electric bus are very heavy. we still need to be able to carry 87 passengers. and so it s quite a big chall
engineer and his team, it looks like a normal double decker, but they say they found a way of boosting how far it can go on one charge. it s got five batteries, like this one, secreted around the vehicle, but that s not the clever bit. the clever bit is at the back, because apparently with electric buses, they can use as much energy just heating and cooling the cabin, as they do physically driving along. so they ve developed much more efficient air conditioning. and that means overall it s got a much longer range. ian foley used to work for williams and lotus, until he decided to turn his skills to something a bit less racy. it s still a big challenge. interestingly, weight is an issue just like in formula one, because the batteries we need for the electric bus are very heavy. we still need to be able to carry 87 passengers. and so it s quite a big challenge to get the weight distribution right on the vehicle for the electric bus. so some of that learning from your earlier career has
onto public transport. and that means getting rid of all those diesel buses chugging around. and that is where this new piece of technology comes in. designed by an ex formula one engineer and his team, it looks like a normal double decker, but they say they found a way of boosting how far it can go on one charge. it s got five batteries, like this one, secreted around the vehicle, but that s not the clever bit. the clever bit is at the back, because apparently with electric buses, they can use as much energy just heating and cooling the cabin, as they do physically driving along. so they ve developed much more efficient air conditioning. and that means overall it s got a much longer range. ian foley used to work for williams and lotus, until he decided to turn his skills to something a bit less racy. it s still a big challenge. interestingly, weight is an issue just like in formula one,