Magic bus?
Did France hire Lucas?
Is Paris burning?
4/28/22
On Thursday, The UAW and a group of environmental groups based in the United States filed numerous lawsuits in an effort to block the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from moving forward with plants to purchase gasoline-powered next-gen delivery vehicles (NGDVs) from Oshkosh Defense. The suits are being launched on the grounds that the USPS failed to comply with environmental regulations and went back on an earlier promise to field all-electric variants.
I prefer my mail untoasted
Savor the irony....electric bus adds to climate change as it burns....
Hint- sit near the front door. Keep your head down.
Fuel tanks also have the potential to horrifically burn passengers in an accident.
However the amount and complexity of electronics required for a fuel tank are far lower versus a giant lithium battery. Even if there is a short in the fuel pump, it is unlikely to blow up the tank since the vapor displaces air required for combustion. On the other hand, Lithium cells can burn even in total absence of oxygen.
It seems far more likely for a giant battery to result in spontaneous combustion. Many of them are made from thousands of cells no bigger than a household battery. If just one catches fire due to some defect out of China, it can cause a chain reaction
Hey Paris,
Just be sure to park the buses outdoors, and well separated from each other and anything important.
Suboptimal optimal.
Proterra Bus Fire Prompts California Agency to Consider Shelving Electric Bus Fleet (7.23.21)
Philadelphia's electric bus fleet has disappeared (7.17.21; NO mention of fire.)
Electric bus bursts into flames, sets nearby vehicles on fire in China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T71cVhxG_v4
Bookmark this article for use the next time some idiot demands plug-in electric school buses.