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'Out of the roughly 500,000 school buses in the U.S., only about 0.2 percent — just over 1,000 — were electric as of the end of 2021' I can see EV buses being
by olivermarks 5y ago
'Out of the roughly 500,000 school buses in the U.S., only about 0.2 percent — just over 1,000 — were electric as of the end of 2021'
I can see EV buses being practical for future urban short distance pickup and drop off, but the longer haul rural routes, especially in cold climates, seem a long way off to the EV obsessed as a solution to anything. Huge subsidies and grants may seduce a few school boards but the reality is diesel loads replaced by EV are no where near ready for prime time.
What could immediately help the local pollution aspects of EV heavy vehicles is some sort of tire particulate collection device to stop spread. Tire pollution is a huge problem that is probably more important than where energy is obtained from near or far
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/03/20200308-emissionsanalytics.html https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/03/20200308-emissionsa...
- rootusrootus 5y agoAverage total route length is 75 miles per day. A Blue Bird electric bus, as a comparison point, has a range of 120 miles. So not all routes will be feasible with that bus, but a large number will be a perfect fit.
- rconti 5y agoSo what you're saying is, there's a huge market opportunity between "0.2%" and "everything other than longer haul routes in cold climates"?
- olivermarks 5y agoThat 'market' is already being served by existing vehicles. If we are interested in reducing pollution read the link I posted.