No? San Francisco has had electric busses for decades. They go up and down hills all the time. Their only problem is they have no batteries, so once they are disconnected they stop. It happens every day.
I think something combination of a small battery and a direct connection will work great. The battery only needs to work for an hour and the bus will be able to get around just fine.
f314@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes, they’re modern city buses with heating and air conditioning. Most of the buses are from the Solaris Urbino Electric line, but we also have quite a few from Mercedes, BYD and MAN.
addictedtochaos@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
chances are that i was talking out of my behind, i will look into it, thanks for giving me doubts. what i last read was people freezing in busses, and busses being in depots for charging all the time.
you sure those bussus are fully elctric? my impression was hybrid.
f314@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yep, fully battery electric. The silence is glorious!
addictedtochaos@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
i will crawl in this rabbithole, thanks!