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"and the buses can recharge at off-peak demand hours" No they can't. Someone really failed here. The bus needs to charge overnight for the morning run, then ch
by ars 2y ago
"and the buses can recharge at off-peak demand hours"
No they can't. Someone really failed here. The bus needs to charge overnight for the morning run, then charge again for the afternoon run.
Then somehow they plan to discharge it during peak 5-10 hours. Except at 5PM the bus battery is basically empty, since it just finished the afternoon run.
It's almost like they expect the bus battery to be twice as large as it needs to be so it can charge overnight and have extra. But that's obviously quite a stupid thing to do.
They did mention using them during the summer, and that might work.
- amunster 2y agoDid we read the same article? I don’t see vehicle range mentioned. I expect less than 50% of the battery to be used for standard duty cycles. Anecdotally, people in my life who drive EVs charge them weekly or every few days.
- ars 2y agoIf less than 50% of the battery was used on a standard run then the bus was unnecessarily expensive.