Posted on 01/29/2024 10:42:10 AM PST by george76
Cities coast-to-coast grappling with broken-down e-buses that cannot be fixed ..
Between the federal government, states and municipalities, untold billions in taxpayer dollars have been spent adding electric buses to transit fleets across the U.S. in an effort to reduce carbon emissions.
However, cities from coast-to-coast are grappling with broken-down e-buses that cannot be fixed, are too expensive to fix, or they have scrapped their electric fleets altogether.
Officials in Asheville, North Carolina, recently expressed frustration that three of the five e-buses the city purchased for millions in 2018 are now sitting idle due to a combination of software issues, mechanical problems and an inability to obtain replacement parts.
Earlier this month, The Denver Gazette reported two of the four e-buses Colorado Springs' Mountain Metropolitan Transit acquired in 2021 are not running. They cost $1.2 million a piece, mostly paid for by government grants.
Part of the problem is the manufacturer of the buses, Proterra, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August. The company, founded in 2004, rose to become the largest e-bus company in the U.S., representing nearly 40% of the market prior to going belly-up.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm sat on Proterra's board until she joined the Biden administration
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In 2020, The Philadelphia Tribune reported SEPTA's entire $24 million fleet of Proterras had been pulled out of commission.
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Foothill Transit, based in West Covina and serving the San Gabriel Valley, parts of Los Angeles and Pomona Valley, had 13 idled battery-electric buses out of 32 in its fleet. At one point, the agency indicated up to 67% of its electric buses were not operating during 2019 and 2020."
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“I wonder how parents would feel if their kid, riding an EV bus, didn’t get home for 24 hours, freezing the whole time...”
This is going to happen. It is just a matter of time.
Hopefully those parents will get mad and even—and vote every single politician within one hundred miles out of office.
Jamie Gorelick managed to be on the wrong side of the Duke Lacrosse case.
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No. They cost $1.2 million a piece, mostly paid for by American Taxpayers
Granholm needs to go to prison.
Software Issues huh?
Rip the dang computers out and hardwire them. Monitor the charge / discharge rates with analog gauges.
Somebody made money.
Gonna stall down too
Electric bus for you
and then we’ll call a Uber.
Too weak. Nuke the site from orbit...it’s the only way to make sure.
“Communists are very good at solving imaginary problems which always causes real problems.”
Communists excel at not providing maintenance. The buildings they build are ok but they get used but never maintained so they crumble. Obviously, their vehicles also fall apart.
Too weak. Nuke the site from orbit...it’s the only way to make sure.
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Would a Linebacker II work?
One of reasons e-buses cannot be fixed is software issues? Reboot with new software, or install new chip. Although that probably costs $15,000.
no one likes to ride a cold bus in the winter.
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