Posted on 01/21/2024 10:18:27 AM PST by george76
“There’s some lessons here for sure.”
At a cost of some $5 million for those ‘lessons’, that’s almost competitive with the UNC-system education racket.
Bwahahahahahahahahahaha....
Oh, wait a minute. These a-holes are billing us for their garbage!
Fortunately, they were able to dump their half-wit female City Manager off on Johnson City TN...just over the mountain...progressives are parasites.
‘Just go green, Jack!’
—”It actually says the name of the mfg and that the company went bankrupt”
A performance bond and or payment retainage would not be unusual.
A portion of the payment is withheld until completion of the warranty.
That said, a small campaign donation to the right people, and that requirement can be left out of the contract.
3 parts busses and all they can say is....”we can’t find a door”.
“Currently, three of the five buses are idled, with one that has had a broken double door since July.”
Note to maintenance: Take a working door from the broken down bus and put it on the bus that needs a door. (assuming these five buses are from the same order)
Are soon parted.
That, or just swap the busted door onto one of the other dead buses that has a working door. Probably more complicated than the motor pool mechanic can handle, though.
Yeah, maybe, because politicians love overspending and pulling in graft.
If they want electric buses, I have a solution. Electric trolley buses with overhead electric wires. I've ridden them from back in the 1950's, see them in other cities and countries, and they work. Flawlessly.
It cracks me up to see new electric trolley buses adorned with paint & wrap advertising they are "New Zero-Energy!" and the future, when similar buses have been around for a century. Parts readily available anywhere in the world, and cheap. Our older trolley buses even have battery power to move them when the overhead wires are not connected to the bus, enabling them to move short distances.
They don't need EV buses. Wasteful politicians!
I’d be surprised if our grifter secretary of energy, Jennifer Granholm, didn’t make a bundle of $ on Proterra.
Too bad for assville.
“Proterra,...”
Their first mistake, NOT!
i wonder how much it costs to insure them...
What an excellent idea!
Best suggestion of the day!
Seems I read BYD electric car manufacturer is or has opened a Electric Bus developing facility in Kalifornia. Being a Chicomm company and Warren Buffet backed, I’m sure they are to big to fail with bottomless commie funds.
Put them on cement pads in the park and advertise them as a new art form ... progressive elites will be in awe.
ASHEVILLE, N.C.
Chicken coops for sale cheap
Sounds like they made a low quality product. No supply base, custom builds, and dependent on FedGov incentives.
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