Wright GB Kite

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Wright GB Kite
Overview
ManufacturerWrightbus
Production2022–
AssemblyBallymena, Northern Ireland
Body and chassis
ClassElectric bus
Fuel cell bus
Doors1 or 2
Floor typeLow floor
ChassisIntegral
RelatedWright GB Hawk
Powertrain
Capacity90 maximum
Battery
Dimensions
Length10.6 metres (35 ft)
Width2.5 metres (8.2 ft)
Height3.0 metres (9.8 ft)
Chronology
PredecessorWright Eclipse 3
Wright StreetAir

The Wright GB Kite is a range of full-size zero-emission single-deck buses which was unveiled by Wrightbus in 2021. Similar in body style to the diesel powered Wright GB Hawk, the GB Kite is an integral design that can be built as a battery electric vehicle, the Electroliner BEV, and as a fuel cell electric vehicle, the Hydroliner FCEV.[1][2]

The GB Kite range was launched in September 2021, following the launch of the double-deck Wright StreetDeck Electroliner and Hydroliner range earlier in the year.[3] The Electroliner BEV is stated to have a maximum range of 300 miles (480 km) with the top option of a 567kwh battery, charged through conventional DC charging or pantograph charging. The Hydroliner FCEV has a maximum range of 650 miles (1,050 km), powered with a with either a 70 or 100kwh fuel cell system produced by Ballard Power Systems in combination with a 35 kg (77 lb) or 50 kg (110 lb) hydrogen tank.[4]

Full production of the range is expected to begin in 2022, with one Hydroliner currently complete as a demonstrator vehicle.[4] The first order was placed in November 2021, with Metrobus ordering 20 Hydroliner FCEV vehicles for use on the Fastway network, to be delivered in June 2022.[5][6] 28 Electroliners are expected enter service with the Foyle Metro in 2023 as part of an investment in zero-emission Translink buses, announced by Northern Irish Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, that will see 38 battery electric Wright buses enter service in Derry.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "GB Kite Electroliner BEV". Wrightbus. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. ^ "GB Kite Hydroliner FCEV". Wrightbus. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Wrightbus to launch electric and hydrogen powered GB Kite". Coach & Bus Week. EMAP Automotive. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Wrightbus presents electric & fuel cell single-decker buses". electrive. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Go-Ahead buys its first zero emission hydrogen buses". Go Ahead News. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  6. ^ Team, routeone (4 November 2021). "20 Wrightbus hydrogen single-deckers for Metrobus Fastway". routeone. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Further electric investment announced in Northern Ireland". Buses. Stamford: Key Publishing. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.(subscription required)
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