All government fleets everywhere should order EVs now, and sell their costly pollute-the-world vehicle fleets as soon as the EVs are in service. It will save human lives (just think of all the nasty exhaust smoke kids inhale on school busses…) and save money from Day 1. Not to mention being available as an asset to save the entire power grid from crashing (and get paid money for it) in the evenings during peak usage times.
“We picked two extreme routes – one I call the ‘mountain route’ and one I call the ‘city route,’” he said. He wasn’t sure if the mountain-route bus would be able to retain sufficient battery capacity, but so far it’s been returning to base with about 55 percent of its charge remaining, or 45 percent if the bus is also running its heaters, with regenerative braking helping to recharge batteries depleted during uphill climbs. The city bus rarely returns to base with less than two-thirds of its battery capacity remaining. As for recharging costs, the district saw about $240 in increased electric bill costs during the first 20 days of electric bus operations, he said. But “with diesel, we would have been looking at $600 to $700 for that 20 days.” #DeployDeployDeploy
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10moOur team worked on this in Pennsylvania with Steelton Highspire School District. Would love to execute on it here in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷❤️🙌🏼