School Rejects Electric Buses (Page 2): If a bus goes into the water would all the kids be electrocuted?

Ront53 Loc: Maryland

If a bus goes into the water would all the kids be electrocuted?

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

jerryc41 wrote:

Our local school district was offered $8.3 million for twenty-two electric buses and peripherals. They declined the offer. There was too much to do to meet the requirements and provide charging facilities. A fire that couldn't be extinguished was another concern. I think it's just as well.

$377,000 apiece? Pork Barrell is back.

campyboy1 Loc: vancouver Washington

I remember driving by on the freeway and seeing the factory when it was being built in Fremont California and the President taking a tour of the plant and all the security and Secret Service agents that were there and it never even opened. The reason they gave was that they couldn't compete with China on the price of solar panels from them.

campyboy1 Loc: vancouver Washington

And another thing you need to think about is if one buses was to break down who's going to work on them and service them and if there was electrical problem and how long will it be down and waiting for someone to come and check it out and then waiting on repair parts for it. I worked for a small School District in California where we had ten buses that we took care of and if we had a mechanical problem with one, of them we could always take it too a truck repair shop to get it fixed.

Mau

jerryc41 wrote:

Our local school district was offered $8.3 million for twenty-two electric buses and peripherals. They declined the offer. There was too much to do to meet the requirements and provide charging facilities. A fire that couldn't be extinguished was another concern. I think it's just as well.

We have to keep in mind that to charge our electric vehicles, we use the grid system, which very little, if at all, used clean energy. Our grid system is still based on carbon fuels, nuclear power, etc.
Solar or hydroelectric is still a small percentage. So when we "feel" we are following a "green" fuel philosophy we are delusional.

ELNikkor

No need for batteries, just solar panels on that large roof. (Cloudy day? No school, kids will love it!)

HRPufnstuf

sippyjug104 wrote:

Does anyone remember the 'Cash for Clunkers'? If you do then you may also remember the 'Corn for Fuel' taxpayer-supported program. And...let's never forget the great solar panel taxpayer funding of Solyndra that went belly-up shortly after getting $570,000,000 in a taxpayer loan which was never repaid (ever wonder where all that money went?).

Yeah, I lost a bunch of money by buying their stock, figuring "it's too big to fail" with all of our taxpayer money going into that loan (gift). And then it all disappeared. I wonder into who's pocket?
Thanks Obummer!

Morry Loc: Palm Springs, CA

jerryc41 wrote:

Our local school district was offered $8.3 million for twenty-two electric buses and peripherals. They declined the offer. There was too much to do to meet the requirements and provide charging facilities. A fire that couldn't be extinguished was another concern. I think it's just as well.

It's difficult for me to understand. Sorry.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Morry wrote:

It's difficult for me to understand. Sorry.

If this is a Grant to purchase the buses and charging equipment like any other grant it comes with stipulations and such that usually end up costing the School district a lot more money to keep the buses on the road!!
I am trying to keep this out of the ATTIC.

cdayton

The future is electric, and self-driving, whether you like it or not.

dbjazz Loc: Long Island, NY

Wise decision. Consider also that the batteries drain much more quickly in the cold weather. Ask the residents of Quebec.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

cdayton wrote:

The future is electric, and self-driving, whether you like it or not.

I am glad I won't be around to see it!
It's not the electric cars I have a problem with, it's the fact they will not remove the air pollution, because you need power to charge the batteries, where does this power come from? Look at the Hydroelectric Plants NOW they are having trouble keeping up with the demand,So you are left with Coal, Oil, Nukes.
What do you do with the worn out batteries? Lithium !! as bad as or worse than Lead.

Ruthlessrider

I google “How much does the average diesel school bus weigh?” And got, between 10,000 and 36,000 loaded. When I googled the same for an electric bus, Bluebird (a major provider of school buses) said about 30,000. Looks like a wash to me.

Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

sippyjug104 wrote:

Does anyone remember the 'Cash for Clunkers'? If you do then you may also remember the 'Corn for Fuel' taxpayer-supported program. And...let's never forget the great solar panel taxpayer funding of Solyndra that went belly-up shortly after getting $570,000,000 in a taxpayer loan which was never repaid (ever wonder where all that money went?).

I bought my first ever new car through Cash for Clunkers! Probably be my last, too...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

elee950021 wrote:

Jerry!

Did the vendor include super-long extension cords with that price?

Be well! Ed

I think construction of buildings was involved. It looks like the district now has twenty-two buses, with some routes being driven by contractors.