Blue State’s Electric Transit System Fails In Colder Temperatures

State Of The Union ^ | 01/02/2024 | Andrew Sanders

[Brian Griffin]

New Orleans has heavily used trolley lines.

Philadelphia has trolley lines.

[davidb56]

they should put a little coal burning stove in them like the trains had in the 1800’s.

[Mark17]

I’m betting on 2. But some combination of 2 and 3 is also possible.

2 and 3.

[MeganC]

“Who still has trollies besides San Francisco?”

I don’t know of any city with an actual trolley system. Modern light rail or streetcars are multiple axle and they often function in multi-unit consists and are often inter-urban transit.

Birney cars were an example of small, two-axle neighborhood trolleys that used to be common in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birney

The automobile made them obsolete.

[House Atreides]

No worry… they’ll simply in the future convert to hydrogen powered vehicles. Of course they’ll then discover that the combustion waste product (water/water vapor) lays down a nice sheen of black ice over the roads.

[Steely Tom]

...are facing challenges ...

...are facing consequences ...

[17th Miss Regt]

Pre-heat the batteries. You can install a battery electric blanket, hook it up to the batteries themselves and draw power from said batteries. That way the batteries stay snug and warm and hold more charge!

Oh, and I don’t need no steenkin’ thermodynamics!

[Redmen4ever]

just need longer extension cords

[Magnum44]

[Dilbert San Diego]

I know , right?

It’s a big surprise to people that it gets below zero in Duluth or the Twin City area?

[Myrddin]

I have a couple Ring cameras that run on lithium batteries. Performance is degraded in temperatures below 40F. I have to do more recharging as Winter temps range from -21F to 50F during the Winter months.

[woodbutcher1963]

MN is not the only foolish Blue State government to fall for this EV fallacy. Boston bought a whole bunch of electric school buses. I can't wait to read about them getting stranded with a bunch of kids on them.

[Amendment10]

Thank you for referencing that article ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas.

"Blue State’s Electric Transit System Fails In Colder Temperatures"

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This technology fail was predictable. So why were electric buses purchased in the first place?

Maybe Minnesota needs a financial disclosure law like Florida's.

Wave of Mass Resignations Hits Florida as New Financial Disclosure Rules Take Effect (1.3.24)

[packagingguy]

Memphis

[PIF]

But they went forward anyway.
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Of course they did - its other people’s money right? Use it up.

[Chode]

Duh...

[In_Iowa_not_from]

Or if they don't want to replace the tracks that were torn out in the 1930s, they can go back to the proven-technology trolley buses of the 1940s. As a bonus, this old electric technology doesn't spontaneously combust like the modern battery operated crap they are trying to force on us.

[packagingguy]

If you ride the bus in Eastern Europe it’s probably a modern-day version of that.

Technology has been around for well over a century but it doesn’t have the drawbacks and inconveniences necessary for the “Great Reset”.

[cgbg]

The fun part will be when Boston’s brick fleet causes massive traffic jams.

Drivers there are legendary for their colorful language and obscene gestures in traffic.

[In_Iowa_not_from]

Everything about the “Great Reset” smells of being set up for failure.