The Wright StreetAir is a

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single-decker

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design built by

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since 2017. An integral product based on a single-deck variant of the

Wright StreetDeck The Wright StreetDeck is an integral double-decker bus that was manufactured by Wrightbus from 2014, originally delivered as standard with a Daimler OM934 diesel engine. Hybrid-electric, full-electric and hydrogen-powered variants have subsequ ...

chassis, the StreetAir replaces the

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' product range. The StreetAir was initially revealed in August 2016 as the replacement for the

. It is based on a single-deck,

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version of the

integral

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. The StreetAir is available in a single 10.6 metre length weighing 18 tonnes.Wrightbus's new range of electric buses revealed
''Route One'' 5 August 2016 The body design of the StreetAir is based on the

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. The StreetAir is available with electricity conduction via overnight (plug-in), inductive (through the road surface) or conductive (with a pantograph) methods. The first six StreetAirs entered service with

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in October 2017. Aside from a single prototype vehicle trialled with bus operators in

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, no further StreetAirs have been built as of August 2021.

Unbuilt variants

When the StreetAir was first launched in August 2016, it was also offered as a double-decker bus based on the

and as a shorter-wheelbase single-decker bus based on the

Wright StreetLite WF The Wright StreetLite is a low-floor midibus introduced by Wrightbus in 2010. It was originally available in only one body style (wheel forward) before the door forward and StreetLite Max variants were introduced in 2011 and 2012 respectively. ...

as opposed to the longer door-forward StreetDeck chassis. The short wheelbase variant was intended to replace the

Wright StreetLite EV The Wright StreetLite is a low-floor midibus introduced by Wrightbus in 2010. It was originally available in only one body style (wheel forward) before the door forward and StreetLite Max variants were introduced in 2011 and 2012 respectively. ...

, with a number of drivetrain improvements over the previous model. None of either variant had been built by the time Wrightbus entered administration in September 2019, and both were dropped from the Wrightbus range after they exited administration.

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