Nothing like putting a bunch of kids on buses that have a tough time offering heat and AC. Oh, and can catch on fire
Just for @WTeach2: Biden-Harris Admin Recalls Hundreds Of Electric Buses Amid Fire Concerns https://t.co/bs5WPPcL3V
— Dana R Pico, descendant of Mayflower colonialists! (@Dana_TFSJ) October 16, 2024
From the link
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a warning Wednesday about 483 electric transit buses being recalled over safety defects, according to a safety advisory.
Phoenix Motorcars is voluntarily recalling Proterra 800V catalyst vehicles from 2020 to 2021 and ZX5 Proterra transit buses from 2020 to 2022 over concerns that they could be prone to catching fire, according to an advisory from the FTA. The vehicles were first recalled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in September over issues with their radiator fan electrical circuits overheating, which is a potential fire hazard, according to a Sept. 5 report.
A customer reported that their Proterra bus started smoking in July 2021, and a second incident with a smoking vehicle occurred in January 2024, according to a report from Smart Cities Dive. Phoenix Motorcars obtained Proterra’s transit buses after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2023.
In fairness, not all of the buses were paid for by the Biden-Harris admin: plenty of states wasted their own taxpayer money on this boondoggle. But, they have dumped billions into EV buses (which neither of them ride), including $900 million specifically for EV school buses.
From November 11, 2022:
The buses weren’t parked due to fires; they were parked because they were pieces of poop.
2 years ago a EV bus caught fire in Philadelphia.
Meh
Interesting factoid
Each year about 380 school buses catch fire
Each year EV vehicles get both better and cheaper as this technology improves.
In the USA almost 20% of all light duty vehicles sold were either fully or partially electrified
Give them a break. School buses are a relatively new technology and all new technologies have growing pains. It is not as if there is any sort of alternative to EV school buses that are ready to go without tons of additional R&D funding. Add to that how essential school buses are as irreplaceable parts of the education infrastructure and you are in a position of just spend the money to fix it, whatever the cost. Modern America really has no choice. Children cannot be educated at home with telecom devices, that has never happened before in history. Only religious fanatics educate their kids at home. Parents can’t take their own kids to school, the road networks can never support that level of traffic. And kids who live nearby can’t possibly walk or ride bikes to school, that is just asking for kidnappings. EV buses are the only alternative. Get it done.
There are currently about 12000 EV school buses operating in the USA
All currently available solar and EV tech has been forced to market several phases of development too soon because of taxpayer subsidies. This boondoggle, aside from the corruption, has caused a stifling of advancement in the fields. Large scale wind never made a lick of sense even in theory and should never have made it past the experimental stage.
.gov should just get out of the business of attempting to tip the free market, in any direction, by any means.
The vehicles were first recalled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in September over issues with their radiator fan electrical circuits overheating, which is a potential fire hazard, according to a Sept. 5 report.