Actually I meant that even though most of the parts are made in
other countries, it still bears a Sunlong badge. But since SBS
Transit has bought so many Volvo buses I wonder why Volvo didn't
offer SBS a hybrid yet. And I believe SBS had intended to obtain
hybrids for testing in 2010, if it was a demo loaned to SBS it
would already have been already returned and probably sold to some
private operators already, but SBS is still holding on to the buses
for some reason (same for RD6066L). This is what that really
puzzles me.
Just like to point out to you that RD6066L was never sbst's
to begin with.
All along it was a gift from THU to NTU. Sbst was only
responsible for operating the bus during the YOG period, and a
proposed trial on 179/199 which was not realized due to the
cost of hydrogen fuel.
Why would it be parking in NTU otherwise?
Also, just to add to your points about hybrids, they are
still not yet sustainable in climates which require
air-conditioning as the engine still has to run to drive the a/c
compressor and alternators. One of the main benefits of hybrids
comes from the fact that they can shut off the engine while idling
at bus stops or traffic lights and restart it again while moving
off automatically. But the AC would be shut off as well if that is
done here which makes no sense.
