Prevost developing an electric coach.

rjstractor wrote:

Thermoguy wrote:
The reason the electric bus is better than a diesel bus is that a bus stops a lot. An electric bus uses no energy when it is stopped, a diesel bus keeps running. In addition, diesel buses have to be taken out of service to fuel up, an electric bus does not. What they are doing is using inductive charging to charge the bus and keep it running. A typical bus route a bus has multiple locations where it has a planned stop for 15-30 minutes or maybe more, that is where they put inductive charge pads where the bus stops, this is where the bus recharges for the next part of the route. It is proving to be a great use of EV technology.

Do these inductive charge pads exist, or is this just a concept?

These are in use now. I am aware of transit agencies and WA and OR currently using them. One is a rural transit agency in Wenatchee WA and they drive quite a ways between stops in Wenatchee and Leavenworth where they have these installed.