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The article talks about barriers electric bus expansion after 2020 when the federal government is scheduled to eliminate subsidies. However, the buses are goin
by woodandsteel 8y ago
The article talks about barriers electric bus expansion after 2020 when the federal government is scheduled to eliminate subsidies.
However, the buses are going to get cheaper because battery prices keep falling. In the not-too-distant future they will be as cheap as diesels. I think the government is eliminating subsidies because it thinks the expansion is going to continue anyway.
Then there is the problem of charging stations for taxis. But electric car sales in China are exploding, and more and more stations are being built in all the cities, so this is only a temporary problem.
The big thing Americans should be worrying about is that electric buses, autos and trucks are going to take over the world market starting around 2023-2025, and it is looking like China is going to dominate.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoThe stations are pretty important in China since many people in the bigger cities don’t have parking spots they control for their cars where they could charge overnight (many even have to park wild). This is less of an issue in the states for daily commuters.