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10/3/2023 5:56:14 PM
 
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Section 4: President & Congress Subject: Elec buses waste $$ billions Msg# 1193385
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| I guess that one of the problems with these EVs is that they are not getting developed in a systematic and careful manner, including the proper testing and research at each step. I think that perhaps the cause of such failures is that they are being “rushed“ by authorities who are over anxious to see “green“ technologies bear fruit. But no matter how desperate people may be to get these “renewable” energy sources there really is no excuse to sacrifice safety and common sense economics | ||||||
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Dave (& ALL) The experiences so far with electric buses lead to folks doubting that their high costs were wasted. Seems they're unreliable, and unsafe School bus grants of $1 billion were recently authorized. "No Emission" programs in 2022 got $1.66 billion in grants to transit agencies across the country. NY will receive $116 million to buy about 230 battery-electric buses--at $1/2 million per bus. That about double the cost of conventional public buses. Biden's costly infrastructure bill provided $5.5 billion for low- and no-emission buses over five years, and there's also billions more available through other federal grant programs. And yet we're often hearing about failures of those electric buses. Across the world they've been bursting in to flames, spontaneously. Transit agencies have sidelined such electric units from their fleets of buses. Other breakdowns are out of service because scarcity in the supply chain for parts & having few specialty qualified repairmen. And then there's the problem of the bankruptcy of Proterra, an elec. bus manufacturer. Recall how EV cars are substantially more costly to buy than conventional ones. Busses share that same problem. New reports today mentioned a latest example. All of Teton County, Wyoming, elec. busses are parked, broken down and out of service. "When any will be up and running again is anyone’s guess. . . . because California-based Proterra, the company that manufactured the defective buses, has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy" Click Here The county's diesel buses are more reliably, still in service. Other problems: EV batteries do not perform to standard in freezing temperatures of Wyoming. EV batteries’ efficiency declines substantially in cold weather, curtailing EVs’ already limited range. What’s more, the batteries needed to power electric buses and trucks are so heavy that they tear up roads and bridges at an alarming rate. Seems sad that our tax dollars are being wasted, on those impractical elec. buses. Also, parents may be concerned for their kids riding on those elec. buses which have caught fire spontaneously. A Connecticut elec. bus being destroyed by fire.
EV bus fire spreads to others parked nearby -1-1/2 min video |
