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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Busses designed to be electric from the get go would be a better product.
One thing they didn't address was heat. An electric heater murders range. My leaf uses resistance heating and it kills the range when it's cold.
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The school districts can modify their purchase agreements with all manufacturers to provide an insulated cabin and glazings.The students will generate enough metabolic heat to temper the inside of the bus.With cameras,all the driver needs is a defrosted windshield,with little power requirement.
The weight of the pack will improve CG issues, and overturned-bus injuries/ fatalities.Worth doing anyway.
Tesla packs are good for 20-years.And EV won't contribute to global warming from 'dumped' compressed natural gas and propane tanks,as a prerequisite to maintenance at the school district bus barns.As is the current practice.