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Posted by
Gold_12th
on Thu Jul 25 17:34:59 2013
edf40wrjww2msgDetailB:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d This is a surprise and not shockingly when it was first announce to convert just one hybrid bus... BUT, really it should have never order die-brids or hy-shits in the first place! and NO, NYC Transit is not converting anything.... Only MTA Bus Company side.
From MTA's July Financial Plan 2014-2017... preliminary budget for 2014 huge ass document.A brief description:
"MTA BC (MTA Bus Company) is revising its Shop Overhaul Plan to accommodate the conversion of its 389 hybrid electric bus fleet into cleaner and more cost efficient diesel energy.
This conversion would extend the life of these buses by at least three years and would enable MTA BC to defer purchasing new buses until the 2020–24 Capital Program, saving almost $200 million;"
another detail look....
Shop Plan - Hybrid fleet re-powering/conversion to diesel.
MTA Bus has a fleet of hybrid electric buses that are exhibiting a steep downward trend in MDBF and a significant level of component failures compared to other fleets, due to the higher speed of operation for these buses.
In 2012, the Board approved a procurement to convert one hybrid bus to clean diesel propulsion.
Based on the successful conversion, MTA Bus is seeking to convert the remaining 283 (Orion VII) hybrid buses placed in service in 2006 and 2007, as well as the remaining 105 (Orion VII Next Generation) hybrid buses in the MTA Bus fleet that were placed in service during 2009 and 2010.
The conversion will extend the useful life of all 389 buses by three years and will defer bus replacement expenses by almost $200 million from the 2015 - 2019 Capital Program to the 2020 - 2024 Capital Program for the 2006 and 2007 models.
The conversion cost is projected to be $19.1 million in 2015 and $19.7 million in 2016. The total cost of converting the entire MTA Bus hybrid fleet of 389 buses (including 105 buses placed in service during 2009 and 2010) is $52.0 million, but the net cost of the conversion will be $26.7 million, since there will be offsets from the elimination of budgeted cost for hybrid component replacement that will be avoided by fleet conversion.
These costs primarily represent vendor contract expenses.
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