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Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet) |
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Posted by busdude2 on Thu Aug 28 05:13:57 2014, in response to [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Aug 28 00:48:57 2014. Maybe NJT will learn from their mistake. Stick with proven builders. |
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Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet) |
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Posted by JAzumah on Thu Aug 28 08:01:02 2014, in response to [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Aug 28 00:48:57 2014. Ouch...don't companies make money on parts? |
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Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet) |
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Posted by kcram3500 on Thu Aug 28 08:40:15 2014, in response to [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Aug 28 00:48:57 2014. EPV wants the more lucrative commuter coach sales. It's to their benefit to support the ECOCoaches in NJT's fleet as best they can. If I was Tony Luo, I'd be scrambling for investor financing to take a shot at the 1400-unti diesel order. All EPV needs is enough money to build the first year's batch of 300 (about $165 million)... then they get paid and that money builds the next batch.Not saying it will happen, or that EPV is even on the qualified bidder list right now... but you only become a proven manufacturer by building, not sitting around with an empty factory. |
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Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet) |
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Posted by pragmatist on Thu Aug 28 08:40:42 2014, in response to Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet), posted by JAzumah on Thu Aug 28 08:01:02 2014. Usually. Also, many of the parts found on most buses are sourced from other companies, and after warranty and contract obligations, are often sourced from someone other than the "assembler" The degree to which parts have to be sole sourced is a major factor in determining true life cycle costs as opposed to acquisition costs. |
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Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet) |
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Posted by numbersix on Thu Aug 28 19:18:46 2014, in response to [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Aug 28 00:48:57 2014. Is this the same company that built the Springfield monorail? |
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Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet) |
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Posted by busdude2 on Thu Aug 28 19:23:42 2014, in response to Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet), posted by kcram3500 on Thu Aug 28 08:40:15 2014. Please not again. MCI rocks and is proven. |
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Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet) |
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Posted by kcram3500 on Thu Aug 28 20:20:16 2014, in response to Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet), posted by busdude2 on Thu Aug 28 19:23:42 2014. When FTA writes the check, it's not about who the TA wants or prefers. |
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Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet) |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Aug 28 20:40:15 2014, in response to [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet), posted by Gold_12th on Thu Aug 28 00:48:57 2014. This should have resulted in serious questions when Foxx was having hearings for USDOT Transportation secretary...the company went bankrupt before Foxx was confirmed. |
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Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet) |
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Posted by ctrabs74 on Fri Aug 29 11:27:18 2014, in response to Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet), posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Aug 28 20:40:15 2014. It should have, but as long as Senate Dems are running things, I think most political observers would've predicted an easy confirmation for Foxx. |
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Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet) |
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Posted by ctrabs74 on Fri Aug 29 11:29:51 2014, in response to Re: [Charlotte, NC] Airport hybrid buses to be put on auction block; (ALL useless DesignLine fleet), posted by busdude2 on Thu Aug 28 05:13:57 2014. I agree with you...The problem is that as long as the FTA has regulations that require "lowest responsive bidder" for all bus requisitions, then that gives the Feds the right to, for all intents and purposes, "pick and choose winners." That worked out well for other "favored" environmentally friendly businesses, now didn't it? |
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