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> The 300mi seems excessive honestly. Indeed. Are schoolbuses doing multi-100 mile trips on their route? If so, those kids spend like >1h one-way (so >2h every
by RetroTechie 3y ago
> The 300mi seems excessive honestly.
Indeed. Are schoolbuses doing multi-100 mile trips on their route? If so, those kids spend like >1h one-way (so >2h every weekday) riding in schoolbus?
Ok. I understand the benefit of shallow (dis)charge cycles. Maybe some extra flexibility in when to charge. Or double as a mobile power source on a school outing.
But if not that, it's just extra weight hauled around. And thus, decreasing efficiency. Not to mention cost / environmental footprint of an oversized battery.
- snypher 3y agoIt says in the article most routes are 80 miles on the high end but some are 100+ miles with one test on a 147 mile one way route. Edit: and the transportation director doesn't like seeing you come home with an 'empty tank', plus buffer for running heat and a/c during an unplanned stoppage.