Posted on 01/29/2024 10:42:10 AM PST by george76
Cities coast-to-coast grappling with broken-down e-buses that cannot be fixed ..
Between the federal government, states and municipalities, untold billions in taxpayer dollars have been spent adding electric buses to transit fleets across the U.S. in an effort to reduce carbon emissions.
However, cities from coast-to-coast are grappling with broken-down e-buses that cannot be fixed, are too expensive to fix, or they have scrapped their electric fleets altogether.
Officials in Asheville, North Carolina, recently expressed frustration that three of the five e-buses the city purchased for millions in 2018 are now sitting idle due to a combination of software issues, mechanical problems and an inability to obtain replacement parts.
Earlier this month, The Denver Gazette reported two of the four e-buses Colorado Springs' Mountain Metropolitan Transit acquired in 2021 are not running. They cost $1.2 million a piece, mostly paid for by government grants.
Part of the problem is the manufacturer of the buses, Proterra, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August. The company, founded in 2004, rose to become the largest e-bus company in the U.S., representing nearly 40% of the market prior to going belly-up.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm sat on Proterra's board until she joined the Biden administration
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In 2020, The Philadelphia Tribune reported SEPTA's entire $24 million fleet of Proterras had been pulled out of commission.
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Foothill Transit, based in West Covina and serving the San Gabriel Valley, parts of Los Angeles and Pomona Valley, had 13 idled battery-electric buses out of 32 in its fleet. At one point, the agency indicated up to 67% of its electric buses were not operating during 2019 and 2020."
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Green now means SCAM
What an unconscionable waste of money.
They can stuff them with wetbacks and drive them over the border.
The purpose to Proterra’s existence was to provide a conduit to bribe democrats.
Chicken coops for sale cheap..
Eight of Jackson Hole’s EV (proterra) busses are not working..
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Communists are very good at solving imaginary problems which always causes real problems.
....Electric buses are sitting unused in cities across the US; here’s why...
Because the don’t work!
And the same goes for electric cars!
A range of just 78 miles.... takes hours to charge. Needs to be pre-heated just to take a charge, and ..
Yes.
Maybe they can stick a Diesel engine in them ,LOL
That’s true.
Liberals never admit their mistakes. They never course-correct. So I fully expect:
Aide: Most of our electric buses are out of commission.
Mayor: Buy more electric buses!
>>They cost $1.2 million a piece, mostly paid for by government grants.
>>the manufacturer of the buses, Proterra, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August
Sounds like Solyndra all over again..
just a money laundering scheme for the Rats.
Boston’s had excellent results with its Natural Gas fleet; clean, pleasant, reliable, economical, and safe. One of the few things they’ve done right.
Communists are very good at solving imaginary problems which always causes real problems.”
How many times do we have to learn this lesson?
Years ago, we had a storm here that came out of nowhere; lots of kids who rode school buses didn’t get home until 10PM, and it took me on public transit 4 hours to get home about 3 miles away.
A couple of years ago people were stuck on I95 in Virginia for up to 24 hours, and those with EVs were really SOL.
I wonder how parents would feel if their kid, riding an EV bus, didn’t get home for 24 hours, freezing the whole time...
Success! Another way to keep people from being mobile.
But how did this "fossil" fuel get on Saturn's moon, Titan?
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