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Re: Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about an hybrid solution? Smaller batteries could let trolleybuses venture from their infrastructure as needed, but at a reduced cost.

We had this here in the Netherlands, the system broke down quite a lot and apparently had quite some wear and tear I guess it can be improved thoug.

How do they re-attach the bus to the power lines? Is it reasonably automatic, or does the driver have to fuss with it?

Re: Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires

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in Prague they recently bought 14 new electric Skoda buses (Czech/Turkish production), introduced them with big media attention into operation just this year and after few weeks they are ALL out of operation, because apparently someone designing them thought he can just use regular bus frame and put 3 tons of batteries on the roof without strengthening the frame, but while you find dozens articles about amazing new e…

The article you link states that the defect is in the chassis leveling control software and that it will be corrected, it doesn't talk about the frame strength. So the software isn't configured for the way the mass is distributed on the bus vs a strength failure.

As I said: "As with the previous shutdown, they are not the reason for a fault in the electrical part, but mechanical. They relate to the quality of the body and chassis assembled in Turkey at the Škoda Temsa sister plant."

So no software BS you wanna believe from some cluless MSM sources and DPP propaganda. Truth in the end finds the way...

https://zdopravy.cz/elektrobusy-skody-opet-nejezdi-kvuli-zav...

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