Recycling; if this bus lasts the 23 years the last one did, then the local bus recycler (to sheds) is most likely going to be retired. - It's likely to last lo

Recycling; if this bus lasts the 23 years the last one did, then the local bus recycler (to sheds) is most likely going to be retired. - It's likely to last longer; brushless electric motors, single speed transmission, no torque converter / clutch, no oil changes, regenerative braking, no rpm range. - The components of a modern EV are typically more valuable that the comparable gas engine; If the local recycler is saving parts, it's likely to rebuild other similar engines; meaning, the same argument would apply to any more efficient engine. ----- other notes ---- Noise. The bus driver doesn't like honking, but if the parents/kids need to hear the sound of a diesel, a subwoofer that can make the dbs of diesel engine isn't very expensive to add, neither is an mp3 player and recording a diesel engine. Cold; they're afraid of something with no data, for a use case that generally doesn't apply.