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The hybrid city bus that elicits much praise and no hand wringing from the same people who decry the electric hummer is far harsher on the roads. If the road c
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
The hybrid city bus that elicits much praise and no hand wringing from the same people who decry the electric hummer is far harsher on the roads.
If the road can handle the bus it won't notice the hummer.
The electric hummer is going to be in the same weight ballpark as a loaded plumber's van. It's really a non-issue. Even if the is only built to handle infrequent medium duty truck traffic (some very small rural back road) vehicles of 10k or less are of no consequence.
- formerkrogemp 5y agoAs long as the number of hummers is small, I don't think it's a problem. As more electric, heavy vehicles come on the road, road maintenance may not keep pace. A lot of county and rural roads have very low maintenance until heavy vehicles constantly drive up and down them. Regarding an electric bus, more people who might otherwise drive a shitty old car would ride in a bus if we're available. Each of those people isn't driving a 1-4 ton vehicle on the road. The net benefit of buses are greater than hummers. I doubt we'll adapt to electric cars fast enough anyways to avoid 3+ degrees of warming.