All battery/electric bus fleet

ScottG wrote:
You can fix anything with enough tax payer dollars.

Second best reply of the year......:h

Neither program has lost money that I know of. Sure they may need to break out the diesels again when conditions require it. That alone does not make the project a failure. The world is not that perfect.

Inductive charging at some stops would work. However, that does take time to install.

pianotuna wrote:
Inductive charging at some stops would work. However, that does take time to install.

Inductive charging is VERY inefficient...worse yet if the distance between primary and secondary coils are far apart

Then the weight and space of the secondary on the vehicle might be a problem, but bus...so might be okay in that app

Frequency management is another issue to be solved for moving vehicle vs stationary vehicle

Then all RFID components (credit cards, ID cards, dog/cat chips, etc) will all power up and broad cast their info..

The losses and system on small devices is acceptable, but not so for EV,BEV level of power requirements

Bad Chinese batteries? :B No all electric transit buses around these parts, a mix of diesel, CNG, & CNG hybrids.

Would it have to be inductive charging? Could a buss bar make contact to the bus? If at a stop there was a large battery as large as the battery of the bus, and when fully charged had a voltage say 10% higher than the bus battery, and a pair of large bars made contact. I know good jumper cables can add voltage to a mostly discharged 12V battery pretty fast. The stationary battery could be recharged while the bus is gone.

Inductive charging, while not 100% efficient, isn't that bad (around 80%) and arguably it makes up for the minor losses it incurs with increased safety. There are conveyances right now that use this method and I suspect you will see more of it in the future.

Simple solution... Turn the heat off.

Inductive is closer to 80% to 90% efficient depending on how well the target can line up.

Yes conductive can be used. I have read a reverse pantograph has been successful. These would generally be deployed at one or two stops on route where the driver takes a break. Guessing close to 200+ kW for 15-20 minutes. Not to fully charge but to extend the range.

LanceRKeys wrote:

time2roll wrote:
Best way to gain knowledge is to get out there are do the impossible. Fear of failure and setbacks holds too many people down in life.

Reply of the year.

......on the taxpayers nickel.