Those are out in the boonies.
IIRC, they are large districts. They are very hilly.
This should be interesting in the middle of a lake effect event.
Winter is gonna be fun for these buses.
Tow truck operators are gonna make a fortune towing away stranded buses.
They had problems with battery transit buses here in Indianapolis in the winter time. Range falls off with cold weather.
It is also very cold in upstate NY during the winter. Heat will be needed in the busses to keep the chillins from getting frostbite. Batteries drop capacity considerably in the cold. So even more opportunities for EV failure. OTO if the batteries catch on fire it would help keep the kids warm.
But the primary mission of the EV stuff is fulfilled- taxpayer money is transferred to special interest groups who can then kickback ten percent to the big guy and other corrupt Democrats.
A blue norther comes blowing in all the way from the Arctic Circle, and temperatures drop to a -20 degrees Fahrenheit, not much is going to get those buses going. What little power is developed is going to look a LOT more feeble when they begin mounting hills or clawing their way through snowbanks or frozen ruts. And keeping the kids warm, forget it.
And the solar panels or the windmills will just not provide enough electricity to charge them back up.
About three years ago, the city of Trier, Germany got their first E-Bus, and after a good charge-up...they sent it out on day one (mid-winter arrival). About 30 minutes into the route, the driver called up and said he’d have to halt the route because the bus had already hit 30-percent point on remaining power.
So what they discovered is that keeping the bus ‘warm’ in freezing temperatures consumed a vast amount of power. Manufacture folks came in and spent several weeks reviewing the problem...never saying what the resolution was. My humble belief is that they cut the heat production for the interior by 50-percent.