The trolleybus lobby keep telling us that trolleybuses are more energy efficient than diesel buses. The internet is flooded with their misinformation. For example:
The Tbus Group who claim, “the trolleybus is more than twice as energy efficient as the diesel”
The Trolley Coalition, who say exactly the same thing.
Trolleybuses for West London who also say exactly the same thing.
There are lots more examples of the same misinformation being repeated over and over again.
This quote from a New Scientist article published in 1976 states the true position regarding the energy efficiency of trolleybuses:
