Proterra, the American company the city purchased the electric buses from between 2019-2022, is in Chapter 11 filing for bankruptcy protection. Edmonton’s on a list of creditors, seeking $1.3 million and fulfillment of service and warranties....
A more than $60-million “transformational” effort to move to electric buses in Edmonton is stalled at the curb.
Just six per cent of the Edmonton Transit System’s 1,000-bus fleet are electric buses, but those are very squeaky wheels.
Three-quarters of the city’s 60-bus electric fleet is in the garage with poor immediate prospects for parts to fix them.
edmontonjournal.com
Other problems noted, pitiful range compared to diesels, difficulty keeping the battery warm, bad engineering design for the fatties. And for extra added irony, use diesel for heat.
In before "EVs are less complicated than their ICE counterparts and need less maintenance."
Evidently the .gov there has a raging hard on for their version of The Simpson’s “Monorail” and spending billions more pushing it everywhere.
A more than $60-million “transformational” effort to move to electric buses in Edmonton is stalled at the curb.
Just six per cent of the Edmonton Transit System’s 1,000-bus fleet are electric buses, but those are very squeaky wheels.
Three-quarters of the city’s 60-bus electric fleet is in the garage with poor immediate prospects for parts to fix them.
More than half of Edmonton's $60-million electric bus fleet not roadworthy
Three-quarters of the city’s 60-bus electric fleet is in the garage with poor immediate prospects for parts to fix them.
edmontonjournal.com
Other problems noted, pitiful range compared to diesels, difficulty keeping the battery warm, bad engineering design for the fatties. And for extra added irony, use diesel for heat.
In before "EVs are less complicated than their ICE counterparts and need less maintenance."
Evidently the .gov there has a raging hard on for their version of The Simpson’s “Monorail” and spending billions more pushing it everywhere.
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