Posted on 10/03/2023 3:30:36 PM PDT by outofsalt
"According to Cowboy State Daily, a Wyoming-based news organization, Wyoming’s Teton County and the town of Jackson purchased eight electric buses, all of which have broken down and will no longer run."
(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...
Booteejuice will NOT be pleased. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nobody from Wyoming would by an electric vehicle. Winter: September through May. Summer June through August.
This is SO INCREDIBLY UNEXPECTED! /sarc
Your average diesel mechanic has no idea how to fix a broken down electric bus. Yes, I know that modern diesel engines have electronic fuel injection, but it’s a far cry from the complicated electronics on an all electric bus.
Lol. Jackson is where the billionaires live. They pushed millionaires out into the trailer parks. Jackson has the national redoubt where govt officials can hide in case of nuclear war. It figures that they would have electric buses. Where the temps reach -40. Lol. Idiots.
BTW. If they do start a war, when they come out the survivors will hopefully kill them all
“Yes, I know that modern diesel engines have electronic fuel injection, but it’s a far cry from the complicated electronics on an all electric bus.”
It isn’t really “complicated electronics” — that all modern vehicles have in their ECUs, sensors and actuators, but it is the high-voltage components that are unapproachable by any technician without specialized training..
They could hook up a team of draft horses to pull it around…
😂
My school district has apparently aquired some electric busses. At huge cost employing a subsidy. I asked my son if he had ever seen one. “No” was the answer.
“County of Jackson”
0bama voters, all.
Hahahahaha....
[And home of the Lizard Chenneys...]
Oo la la, quelle surprise et tant pis.
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/sarc
Put some pedals in those peoples taxies. There are no free rides.
Reality will only tolerate being ignored for so long....
“... [diesel engines] a far cry from the complicated electronics on an all electric bus.”
I’ve wondered about the repair aspects of electric power trains. Maybe they consist of a small number of circuit boards or other components that are easily replaceable, and the cars have diagnostics that help identify the bad ones. Same with the mechanical parts which are relatively small and simple and probably reliable.
New cars contain a bunch of other electronic components for convenience and safety.
I drove a Rivian SUV the other day. Unbelievable acceleration and great to drive, but I’m not yet ready to buy a battery powered car.
From what I know about electric motor control, nothing is cheap to replace or repair. And I am talking about industrial control which uses off the shelf parts. Every EV will have proprietary parts like black boxes that are not repairable.
Oh, I am surprised...
Every FR battery head who boosts or defends EVs should be required to disclose the one they drive and if it is their only vehiicle. [....or the one they plan to buy]
I retract the “should be required to...” portion above. But it would be informative if the EV boosters would give us their driving particulars.
“From what I know about electric motor control, nothing is cheap to replace or repair.”
That Rivian EV I spoke of develops about 600 horsepower. With a 400 volt supply that’s maybe 300 amps max draw (please check my math). I imagine that involves some expensive parts.
Too many unknowns for me to buy electric now.
Your math is incorrect. (You did ask me to check it) 1 hp = 746 watts, 600 hp = 447.6 kW, so if watts = amps X volts, the amps = watts/volts. or 1119 Amps peak. No way that could be sustained very long.
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