School buses are bought by spreadsheet literate people. Understanding lifetime cost is a job requirement of the kind of people who run bus fleets and most peopl

School buses are bought by spreadsheet literate people. Understanding lifetime cost is a job requirement of the kind of people who run bus fleets and most people are qualified to do their jobs and do them satisfactorily. This isn't a case where a good product isn't succeeding because "hurr durr the public is dumb". People have run the numbers. It just doesn't work, yet.