Electric buses are sitting unused in cities across the US; here's why

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• whodatdair@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So the company that made them failed so they’re useless? Capitalism! 🎉

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Another company just bought Proterra, so hopefully any of their busses will be up and running again shortly. Still not great that they’d be out of service so soon after being built though. There are less moving parts in an electric vehicle so you have to wonder how they screwed this up.

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    • whodatdair@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s good news - such shit that a badly managed company can leave taxpayers holding the bag like that.

      Idk tho, busses get the shit beat out of them… I’ve known some bus mechanics and most of what they do is suspension/breaks and like aircon type shit, the drivetrain is only a part of the job.

      Just speculating wildly for fun - I wonder if it’s just that they didn’t design with off the shelf parts so once they went under nobody could get their specific suspension bits or whatever the hell got busted.

      I do agree that software issues so quickly does indicate some fuckery, though. Also the fact that they went under lmao

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• wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Tesla should make a bus.

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• DarkGamer@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Cannibalize parts from other buses?

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