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"By 2023, almost all buses in Oslo [Norway] will be electric": https://norwaytoday.info/news/by-2023-almost-all-buses-in-os...
Don't take this as an indictment of all electric buses. London has over 500 electric buses (out of 9,000). A lot of the buses in my neighborhood are the new electric double-decker ones and it's extremely nice. They are quieter, run smoother, don't polute the air, and have cool features like USB charging at every seat. It is like riding in a Tesla - just an obviously better bus experience. It will just take some time…
Not sure it is an advantage. My city had electric troley buses for many years. People are complaining about fast acceleration. Some bad drivers just slams gas with bus full of standing people.
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The floor of the bus needs to be as low as possible to make it easier for elderly or otherwise disabled people to get on and off.
That's why kneeling busses exist. Are EV busses not equipped with that feature?
Don't take this as an indictment of all electric buses. London has over 500 electric buses (out of 9,000). A lot of the buses in my neighborhood are the new electric double-decker ones and it's extremely nice. They are quieter, run smoother, don't polute the air, and have cool features like USB charging at every seat. It is like riding in a Tesla - just an obviously better bus experience. It will just take some time…
This is just great! Now they need electric taxis. Hopefully the end of the black snot!
Apparently there are already 5k TX electric taxis out there, which is a good start:
https://levc.com/levc-celebrates-sale-of-5000th-tx-electric-...
In the past we have had electric bus with electricity coming from an aerial network, surely they have some limits, but they are the sole logic design for a city. A small battery just to emergency maneuver but nothing more. It's FAR cheaper and it's already proved they can last 50+ years without much maintenance. Batteries are meaningful for cars and trucks waiting for some aerial electrical network like starting from…
I think battery-buses are the future - the ability to roll and change routes without capital infrastructure set up will be king
https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/about-t... (page 77, PDF page 90)
If I was a competitor, I would look for ways to sabotage the idea of electric vehicles. If I can think of it, I'm guessing other people are thinking it too. Maybe even doing it, like having buss batteries catch fire.
Electric buses are around in many cities for 100 years, they usually do not catch fire.
If I was a competitor, I would look for ways to sabotage the idea of electric vehicles. If I can think of it, I'm guessing other people are thinking it too. Maybe even doing it, like having buss batteries catch fire.
Don't take this as an indictment of all electric buses. London has over 500 electric buses (out of 9,000). A lot of the buses in my neighborhood are the new electric double-decker ones and it's extremely nice. They are quieter, run smoother, don't polute the air, and have cool features like USB charging at every seat. It is like riding in a Tesla - just an obviously better bus experience. It will just take some time…
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Electric buses are around in many cities for 100 years, they usually do not catch fire.
Large lithium ion batteries are new, however.
All-electric lithium pack buses are +10 year old tech. Nothing about this is experimental.
This is probably more likely an OEM fuck-up or whoever was contracted by the city of Paris to supply these buses.
Don't take this as an indictment of all electric buses. London has over 500 electric buses (out of 9,000). A lot of the buses in my neighborhood are the new electric double-decker ones and it's extremely nice. They are quieter, run smoother, don't polute the air, and have cool features like USB charging at every seat. It is like riding in a Tesla - just an obviously better bus experience. It will just take some time…
>It is like riding in a Tesla Not sure it is an advantage. My city had electric troley buses for many years. People are complaining about fast acceleration. Some bad drivers just slams gas with bus full of standing people.