Proterra Bus Fire Prompts California Agency to Consider Shelving Electric Bus FleetElectric buses are melting in sun, too expensive to fix, transit official says An electric bus manufactured by Proterra caught fire while charging in a southern California city that is now considering taking the electric buses off the road, according to government records. The Foothill Transit agency, which serves the valleys surrounding Los Angeles, will decide on Friday whether costly Proterra buses purchased in the last decade are still operable. Problems cited by the agency include not only the bus that caught fire in what's described as a "thermal...