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Re: 4 hours to charge Muni battery bus
Author: FUD
Date: 12-05-2022 - 14:52

If you read the article ... there are several already in SF in testing. The news was that a 4th bus maker has been added to the test crew (3 buses each from 3 builders so far). Some have been out in regular service. See these Youtubes for example:
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Then, SFMTA complaining that they need greener bus yards: [www.youtube.com]

And, SF isn't the only place. AC Transit - [www.youtube.com] The UC shuttle between the Sacramento hospital and the Davis campus has been using an electric bus since before the pandemic.

LA area has a bunch of them. Foothill Transit was a pioneer, complete with overhead charging at a large transfer/layover point midway on the main test route. So while not common (yet) battery-electric buses are around. More to the point, battery- and fuel cell-electric buses are the only ones that qualify as "electric buses" for the ARB mandate to go all electric, so there's a strong incentive for transit agencies to go that way. For the most part, they're replacing natural gas-powered buses, though SF stuck with diesel (hybrids) so the localized emission reductions from electric are probably more there than in LA, per mile driven.

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  4 hours to charge Muni battery bus c 12-05-2022 - 11:49
  Re: 4 hours to charge Muni battery bus Eveready cat 12-05-2022 - 13:27
  Re: 4 hours to charge Muni battery bus FUD 12-05-2022 - 14:52
  Then there's school buses FUD 12-05-2022 - 14:59
  Jay Leno from 9-10 years ago... FUD 12-05-2022 - 15:11
  Re: 4 hours to charge Muni battery bus That Bus Guy 12-05-2022 - 19:54
  Re: 4 hours to charge Muni battery but, or even 15 minutes on fast charge, is not the problem? What is the economically useful operating range (car, bus, choo-choo?) BOB2 12-06-2022 - 01:22
  Re: 4 hours to charge Muni battery but, or even 15 minutes on fast charge, is not the problem? What is the economically useful operating range (car, bus, choo-choo?) FUD 12-06-2022 - 09:00
  Re: 4 hours to charge Muni battery but, or even 15 minutes on fasWhat is the economically useful operating range (car, bus, choo-choo)? Not enough for even a small local system for Pasadena apparently..... BOB2.. 12-06-2022 - 10:21
  Re: 4 hours to charge Muni battery but, or even 15 minutes on fasWhat is the economically useful operating range (car, bus, choo-choo)? Not enough for even a small local system for Pasadena apparently..... FUD 12-06-2022 - 16:33
  Re: 4 hours to charge Muni battery bus Smirnov 12-05-2022 - 20:49


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