When will they catch on?
The government push to purchase electric vehicles isn’t to have electric vehicles that serve a purpose.
That’s the stated purpose but it is really a way to feed taxpayer money to businesses that kickback substantial amounts to the elected politicians and bureaucrats who are behind the policiy.
It doesn’t matter if the EVs work, are rfficient or a good investment, or are good for the climate/ecology.
What matters is that government subsidies and purchases create movement of money in large amounts.
When money is in movement it can be skimmed and come back as kickbacks.
When money is not moving it’s difficult to skim off the top and extort kickbacks.
After all - Senator Mendez didn’t find those gold bars buried in his back yard.
Ditto. Near the bottom of the article it is mentioned the FEDs picked up 80% of the cost of the buses. The locals don’t care if EV buses are a good solution for the operating environment.