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Advances in motor, drive and battery technology are making electrification increasingly attractive for commercial vehicles. Jon Lawson speaks to one manufacturer to find out how it’s done


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onsidering the enormous amount of energy it takes to manufacture a vehicle, it makes good environmental sense to replace


fossil fuel drivetrains with their electrical equivalents where possible, rather than just buying a whole new vehicle. And with the spiraling cost of diesel, it makes good economic sense too. Equipmake and partners TfL and


Metroline are currently testing a prototype Routemaster which has had just such a mechanical makeover. For Equipmake, the project started during the first lockdown in 2020.


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