Vermont EV buses prove unreliable for transportation this winter - Vermont Daily Chronicle
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Electric buses are proving unreliable this winter for Vermont's Green Mountain Transit, as it needs to be over 41 degrees for the buses to charge, but due to a battery recall the buses are a fire hazard and can't be charged in a garage. Spokesman for energy workers advocacy group Power the Future Larry Behrens told the Center Square: “Taxpayers were sold an $8 million ‘solution’ that can’t operate in cold weather when the home for these buses is in New England.”
  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Trash

    due to a battery recall the buses are a fire hazard and can’t be charged in a garage.

    And apparently the batteries don’t have thermal management so can’t be charged outdoors.

    That somehow means that the entire concept of an EV bus is unsuited to the environment, and should stick with Diesel because we can’t try anything new ever.