TTC: Electric and alternative fuel buses

[T3G]

Not a fan of overhead as its an eyesore especially at intersection and distract the street look. The day battery power fleet arrives and overhead is remove is a day too late. This also applies to rail lines.

Battery-powered streetcars exist today and the RR is in the early days of doing it. Subway is a different story at this time and it mainly due to lack of overhead space. 20-30 years may be a different story.

We don't have any real problems in this city that we're worrying about the look of overhead wires?

 

[dowlingm]

I wont be surprised if TTC resorts back to hybrids . Similar to when they got a bunch of hybrid buses in the mid 2000s and they were all lemons, forcing TTC to go back to diesel buses.
I'm calling it, the reliability of these buses and the fleet will plummet , and the next CEO will have to answer for it.

That presumes that there will be hybrids to buy (and capacity from those selling them). Nova is already signalling that they will only have hybrids for sale in 2027 subject to sufficient demand, and they are completely exiting the diesel (end 2025) and CNG (end 2026) markets. https://www.londontransit.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Staff-Report-1-Contract-Award.pdf