Electric truck - tow vehicle of future ?
Interesting article about an electric Class 7 truck . Begs the question, are electric powered heavy duty pickups...ready for HD towing service... far behind ? Range right now is somewhat limite...
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Quote: China had 170,000 of the 173,000 e-buses
So that implies the rest of the world has 3,000 e-buses as of 2016.
Also as noted, $1.5m for an articulating bus is a pretty steep price. Articulating buses tend to run major routes with higher speeds. Assuming an 8hr shift averaging a little over 30mph, you will coast back into the depot on fumes and unless it includes physically changeable battery packs, that bus is out of commission until the next day. By comparison a standard diesel articulating bus is about $650k.
Keep in mind, there are federal programs that cover a large part of the cost of new "low emission" buses (doesn't only apply to pure EV). I know the ones in Europe are almost exclusively driven by keeping emissions out of dense historic areas (and I agree in those special situations, it can make a lot of sense to keep diesel soot off historic buildings).
So that implies the rest of the world has 3,000 e-buses as of 2016.
Also as noted, $1.5m for an articulating bus is a pretty steep price. Articulating buses tend to run major routes with higher speeds. Assuming an 8hr shift averaging a little over 30mph, you will coast back into the depot on fumes and unless it includes physically changeable battery packs, that bus is out of commission until the next day. By comparison a standard diesel articulating bus is about $650k.
Keep in mind, there are federal programs that cover a large part of the cost of new "low emission" buses (doesn't only apply to pure EV). I know the ones in Europe are almost exclusively driven by keeping emissions out of dense historic areas (and I agree in those special situations, it can make a lot of sense to keep diesel soot off historic buildings).
