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Even though electric buses have lower energy costs at about $0.213 per mile, over 1,000,000 miles, an electric bus could cost up to $985,782, while a diesel bus
by djfobbz 2y ago
Even though electric buses have lower energy costs at about $0.213 per mile, over 1,000,000 miles, an electric bus could cost up to $985,782, while a diesel bus may cost as little as $488,000 due to lower upfront costs and no need for $50,000 to $60,000 battery replacements every 175,000 miles. Additionally, the environmental toll of lithium mining for electric bus batteries, which contributes to soil degradation, water shortages, and toxic chemical pollution, makes the long-term sustainability of diesel buses more compelling.
- justahuman74 2y agoThere's plenty of environment toil associated with producing and using diesel
- kccqzy 2y ago1. School districts do not drive their buses to 1 million miles. That's like 40–50 years of driving. Plenty of other components in a bus fail before then. 2. Electric vehicles do not need battery replacements other than manufacturing defects. They degrade for sure and hold less charge after time, but not to such a great extent that a school bus will be unable to complete its daily trip. 3. Lithium from old batteries can be recycled and remanufactured into new batteries. Battery recycle plants are already here in the U.S.
- limitedfrom 2y agoThis is an unfair comparison. For some reason, you're willing to bring up environmental costs of electric buses in addition to the higher costs, but only mention the lower upfront costs for diesel buses. Diesel burning has an incredible high cost to the environment too, the main climate changing one we're grappling of course.