Must have gotten advice from Pappy Frankie.. how to fund the con!
Wasn’t I just reading somewhere that another city did the same thing and as of now, none of those buses is in working condition?
I hope he plans on parking them in the urban, blue hive areas. Where they can catch on fire and revitalize the areas.
Urban battery-powered buses make a lot of sense. We rode one in Banff, Alberta a couple weeks ago and it had the acceleration and quietness of those old San Francisco buses. The best thing was you could sit at outdoor cafes and restaurants and not have to endure diesel fumes and the huge noise from diesel engines. Here is one of the Banff buses disguised in urban camo...
Should be a great means of transport as hurricanes hit /s
I don’t think there are enough eco-greenies to give DeSanctus the nomination.
I used to like the guy. Now he’s another W. Bush.
227 potential rolling bonfires.
Time for deSsntis to stop pretending, NG would have made some sense, but EV just rewards and encourages the scammers. Really bad judgment.
Free money from the thugs of Fed.gov. In this case, money was extorted from VW, who played games with asinine emissions rules created by thug Fed.gov. Usually, its just free money that comes from issuing debt in our printed, fiat currency.
Either way, ALL local government officials are hard-wired to NEVER turn down free Fed.gov money. Its like throwing a deer carcass in front of a pack of coyotes.
I think it’s good that he’s distancing himself from Trump and his environmentally destructive policies.
(my imitation of a NeverTrumper)
Harris applauds the green Desantis!
This is from 2022 and the money came from a settlement VW had with the federal government. It could well be that a requirement of receiving that monies was to use it for such projects. The buses are also went to urban areas.
Cuz they work so good……
E-Buses Bought From Now-Bankrupt Manufacturer By Blue Enclave Are Now All Out Of Commission
https://dailycaller.com/2023/09/27/electric-bus-proterra-bankrupt-wyoming-teton-operation/
Don’t forget folks, like even the many on here….one day electric cars will be the best. They’ll be the greatest. One day. One day the batteries will be awesome. One day. One day, 5 year olds in the Congo won’t have to be slaves to mine the cobalt. One day.
Find someone that has Instagram to watch, if you can’t…..
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxYHIrcRr_Y/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
The Democrats would eat this guy alive in a presidential campaign!
This is what happens when you need donors to fund your campaign.
I don’t support electric busses, but the information source is over a year old, and dredging it up now reeks of desperation.
While I thought this Presidential pursuit was a mistake and would set him back in Politics, THIS assures his failure to seek and/or win any public office.
This is SO dumb!
So is Florida the only state which received monies from the VW settlement? The article doesn't say. Or if it did, I missed it.
I also stayed in SF once during the late '60's and remember those pantograph buses. They were truly amazing and no one ever questioned the source of the electricity they ran on. That was another era for sure, 55 years ago. How things have changed.
We have NG buses and solid waste contractors who have fleets of automated but not driverless sanitation trucks which run on NG in Tampa already.
Loser ron disgruntled® pays no attention to reports of other municipalities
sidelining electric buses due to multiple malfunctions, fires, etc.