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2024-12-30 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Illinois Board of Education to Use Nearly $20 Million in Federal Grants on Electric School Buses

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-12-30 02:20|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Currently (no pun intended)
After about 2,500-3,200 charges, many Large Electric Vehicle batteries start losing battery charging capacity on an increasing scale.

Meaning, the ROI is fewer miles per $$$/charge.

Then there is the Electric Bill, Special charging areas, Special Fire Suppression Equipment needed, Special Trained Maintenance personnel higher salaries, Cost of Replacement in the $30K+, and finally the Environmental impact issues / Hazmat for disposal.

So in 6+/- years they'll likely need 4x's the original amount to replace the batteries, disposal costs.

OBTW: Illinois gets cold as a Well Digger A$$, and EV batteries don't like that either, nor the Road Salts.

100% EV's, typically, lose an average of 41% of their range when outdoor temperatures drop to 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-12-30 04:51|| 2024-12-30 04:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Mistake repaired.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-12-30 05:28|| 2024-12-30 05:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Sure you want your kids in one?

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-12-30 07:05|| 2024-12-30 07:05|| Front Page Top

#4 It's not the stupidest thing they've got going.
They've also been buying electric snowplows.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-12-30 08:47|| 2024-12-30 08:47|| Front Page Top

#5 A Kamala legacy.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-12-30 11:20|| 2024-12-30 11:20|| Front Page Top

#6 They've also been buying electric snowplows.

That should prove interesting with the cold and salt (especially in Chicago where they dump salt 'pellets' the size of baseballs all over the road).

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-12-30 12:03|| 2024-12-30 12:03|| Front Page Top

#7 maybe Illinois will be smart and deploy the EV school buses near, say, Cairo

nah

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-12-30 15:13|| 2024-12-30 15:13|| Front Page Top

#8
#6 They've also been buying electric snowplows.

That should prove interesting with the cold and salt (especially in Chicago where they dump salt 'pellets' the size of baseballs all over the road).
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-12-30 12:03

....Oh, yeah - salt brine on the batteries. Gonna look like an outtake from an action movie.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-12-30 16:20|| 2024-12-30 16:20|| Front Page Top

#9 In addition to reduced range, another disadvantage of EVs in winter is that you don't get all that yummy warm "waste heat" from the engine to de-ice the windshield and warm the cabin.

Posted by SteveS 2024-12-30 17:51|| 2024-12-30 17:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Several Illinois school districts will be receiving millions in federal grant dollars to purchase electric school buses to replace gas-powered ones, Board of Education officials said.

...suuuuure

Inflation Reduction Act.

And there it is.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-12-30 18:48|| 2024-12-30 18:48|| Front Page Top

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