Cities coast-to-coast grappling with broken-down e-buses that cannot be fixed
Between the federal government, states and municipalities, untold billions in taxpayer dollars have been spent adding electric buses to transit fleets across the U.S. in an effort to reduce carbon emissions.
However, cities from coast-to-coast are grappling with broken-down e-buses that cannot be fixed, are too expensive to fix, or they have scrapped their electric fleets altogether.
Officials in Asheville, North Carolina, recently expressed frustration that three of the five e-buses the city purchased for millions in 2018 are now sitting idle due to a combination of software issues, mechanical problems and an inability to obtain replacement parts.
Earlier this month, The Denver Gazette reported two of the four e-buses Colorado Springs’ Mountain Metropolitan Transit acquired in 2021 are not running. They cost $1.2 million a piece, mostly paid for by government grants.
This should be a warning that EV dont work for some applications.
And SEPTA…. guess what…. your manufactures warranty don’t mean crap if the company is bankrupt.
These are one off products. You just can’t go to your local auto / truck supply house and pick up spare parts
to fix this crap. Will this happen to solar panel and wind turbine manufactures ? The world may never know at this point and time.
Here’s an idea, list them on several market place web sites ( enter your favorite market place here ) under
” for parts only, does not run ” and let other of these cities that were stupid enough to buy these busses to find parts to fix their own busses. Or, pull all of the electric crap and batteries out of these busses and convert them into a low emission diesel bus.
Hey Ocean City…… ( and other municipalities ) learn from others mistakes and not repeat them.
They should all have come with extensive warranties and service guarantees.
Haul them all to the DOE building and leave them.