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2024-11-20 Science & Technology

Liberal Texas city Austin parks its 46 new e-buses due to inadequate charging infrastructure

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-20 05:46|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Winter's coming.
Better than tents for the sidewalk people.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-11-20 11:49|| 2024-11-20 11:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Everyone loves buses.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-11-20 12:40|| 2024-11-20 12:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Better than tents AND they have their own electric heaters! Say, you think we should put in a charging station at that hobo village down by the river?

If EVs were a better mouse trap, people would be adopting them because it makes sense. Despite federal subsidies, arithmetic wins in the end.

EVs are not a plug-in replacement for conventional vehicles (no pun intended). In some situations, the reduced emissions* are an advantage, like a dense urban area or inside a factory. In others, the short range and recharging time are deal breakers. Forklifts and fleets of robot JohnnyCabs downtown - yes. Long-distance trucking and winter driving - no.

* not "reduced" so much as moved elsewhere. An EV still burns coal or uranium, the vehicle is just further away from the combustion.

Posted by SteveS 2024-11-20 22:32|| 2024-11-20 22:32|| Front Page Top

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