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Mostly using its electric motor, the diesel motor only runs when the battery needs charging.
You mightn't hear them but you'll see one at a bus stop soon...
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ReplyDeleteRenee:)
Brings new and sinister meaning to the tem 'Run over by a bus' as they'll be that quiet they'll creap up on you like a white pointer!
ReplyDeleteAt least you will be runover in style.
ReplyDeleteI love everything London and I love that bus!
ReplyDeletePuts NZ to shame. No such thing would happen here.Clean green NZ...Pah! Ps: I'd love someone to prove me wrong.
ReplyDeleteThere must be a heap of old double Decker's ripe for converting into homes.
ReplyDeleteRoll on round rubber foundations.