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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Look at all that wasted space. A battery box could go where that frame is and be a structural member. Eliminate the driveline and exhaust by going electric.
I find it hard to believe an EV bus would be more expensive than a conventional one. The Bolt battery is ~64 kWh and delivers 250+ miles on that platform. On a bus maybe it would only deliver 100 miles of range on a cold day, but you really only need 50 miles for a typical route I would imagine. The Bolt motor is over 200 HP, which is all a bus needs.
Have a few conventional buses in the fleet for those longer trips to away games, but use the EVs for the daily routes.
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That is a diesel or gas bus.
With the electric bus (Jouley) the battery is under the frame rails and the motor is in the rear.
220 kWh Battery
290 hp motor (peak) / (170 continuous)
130 mile range
1.4 kWh / mile (24.6 MPGe)
65 mph top speed
0-60 49 seconds
3 hr charge time on 60 kW charger
Vehicle to Grid capable.
You know how to insure commercial failure? Make your low volume vehicle use expensive custom components like a battery pack that doubles as a frame instead of using cheap, off-the-shelf, high volume shared parts.
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