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Conflating lead-acid with lithium ion is a mistake; they're very different technologies. LiIon Battery durability is getting better at a very fast rate, and pr
by Obi_Juan_Kenobi 7y ago
Conflating lead-acid with lithium ion is a mistake; they're very different technologies. LiIon Battery durability is getting better at a very fast rate, and proper heating/cooling is a big part of that.
But the overall message is sound: you have to commit to a very different infrastructure if you want to make the change. Cities with an aging and/or poorly maintained diesel fleet are going to be better suited to making a 'clean break'.
China is pushing it through because it's a long-term investment. That makes sense for them. That doesn't mean that bus electrification is going to happen rapidly in the US.
- chii 7y ago> China is pushing it through because it's a long-term investment. That makes sense for them. The question is why it'd be a good investment for china, but not for the US?
- simonh 7y agoChina is building whole new cities, and is still rapidly expanding the existing ones. It’s much easier to start from scratch with the latest technology when you don’t always have a big sunk investment in an older system.
- magduf 7y agoYep, it's the same reason many developing nations don't have any serious landline telephone infrastructure, but everyone has a smartphone. They didn't have landlines before, so as they got richer at the same time cellphones came along, they just skipped over the older technology and went straight to the new one.
- sillypuddy 7y agoThey do have a much more serious air quality problem to deal with.