> This is just a teething issue. City buses are geared to top out at low highway speeds, like 50-65mph. Current diesel drive-trains have more than enough go pow

> This is just a teething issue. City buses are geared to top out at low highway speeds, like 50-65mph. Current diesel drive-trains have more than enough go power to send passengers flying but they don't because they're mature technology. Pretty soon they'll figure out how to put the power down in a way that doesn't toss people around. Electric buses are hardly new or immature technology. The batteries are new, sure, but the motors and their control bits are not. Some vehicles are going to be easier to drive smoothly than others. Take a look at the Van Hool (diesel) buses that Alameda County and Washington DC bought, there are plenty of complaints about how they're jerky by design.