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”The BYD buses in Albuquerque had door malfunctions, cracked and missing welds, brake issues, exposed high voltage cables, etc” Much of London’s electric bus f
by Reason077 7y ago
”The BYD buses in Albuquerque had door malfunctions, cracked and missing welds, brake issues, exposed high voltage cables, etc”
Much of London’s electric bus fleet uses the BYD battery & drivetrain in combination with an ADL (Alexander Dennis) bus body. These units seem to be reliable and well-regraded.
- clouddrover 7y agoAgain, show me some links. Here are the bus inspection reports from Albuquerque. They're not great: https://www.cabq.gov/mayor/build-your-dreams-mechanic-inspection-reports https://www.cabq.gov/mayor/build-your-dreams-mechanic-inspec...
- melling 7y agoChina has almost 400,000 electric busses. https://electrek.co/2019/03/20/chinese-electric-buses-oil/ https://electrek.co/2019/03/20/chinese-electric-buses-oil/ How are those working?
- clouddrover 7y agoYou tell me. Just saying there are 400,000 doesn't speak to their quality or reliability.
- londons_explore 7y agoIf you have 400,000, you might care less about reliability. If there is always another spare, a few breakdowns each day don't matter as much as they do in a smaller fleet.