Arriva's 2013-15 Orders

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RE: Arriva's 2013-15 Orders
Their spiel of a 'revolutionary new automated manual transmission' is laying it on a bit thick I feel. These things have been around for ages in coaches, trucks and 7.5tonners, unless they've managed to sneak something in under the radar that the HGV market has missed out on. Wrights announced last year that they'd also be using them at Euro 6 and Volvo has used the concept in its hybrids for a while.

Whether they will work well in urban, non-hybrid bus service remains to be seen, but I can understand where the fuel savings are coming from. Presumably they must outweigh the cost of a new clutch every now and then.