EV School buses -

[Salty]

At a minimum - it is estimated that it would take 2 hours to fully charge a School bus

That means no more than 12 busses could be charged in one day

If a school district has 100 busses -you need at least 10 charging stations

A charging station costs up to $5,000 and installation could be as high as $10,000

An estimate of $250,000 for an EV school buss.

Shure some will say that the State/Commonwealth and Feds will help pay for it -
BUT who pays the S/C and Feds? -- Thats right - us the taxpayers.
So the questions really is - which pocket of mine is paying.......

One other thing - locally - when it comes to sports - there are teams that must travel
over an hour - so if school A drives to school B to play a football game, Will School B allow school A to charge up their busses during the game?

 

[Reynolds]

At a minimum - it is estimated that it would take 2 hours to fully charge a School bus

That means no more than 12 busses could be charged in one day

If a school district has 100 busses -you need at least 10 charging stations

A charging station costs up to $5,000 and installation could be as high as $10,000

An estimate of $250,000 for an EV school buss.

Shure some will say that the State/Commonwealth and Feds will help pay for it -
BUT who pays the S/C and Feds? -- Thats right - us the taxpayers.
So the questions really is - which pocket of mine is paying.......

One other thing - locally - when it comes to sports - there are teams that must travel
over an hour - so if school A drives to school B to play a football game, Will School B allow school A to charge up their busses during the game?

They can charge as many buses a day as they install charging stations for. It's just money.

 

[Van]

Lets see:
If I am going to replace my fleet of diesel school buses, perhaps I will replace 15% of them a year, to spread the cost out like my replacement plan does now. As I add buses, I add the megachargers needed to rapidly recharge when needed, and overnight charges for routine usage.

The elephant in the room is when will EV buses become cost competitive? Probably not until Tesla starts producing them in by the bushel. My guess is 2027.

 

[canadyjd]

Lets see:
If I am going to replace my fleet of diesel school buses, perhaps I will replace 15% of them a year, to spread the cost out like my replacement plan does now. As I add buses, I add the megachargers needed to rapidly recharge when needed, and overnight charges for routine usage.

The elephant in the room is when will EV buses become cost competitive? Probably not until Tesla starts producing them in by the bushel. My guess is 2027.

My guess is EV school buses will never be cost competitive but that won’t prevent bureaucrats from overcharging taxpayers for EV buses to “help” with a climate crises that doesn’t exist anywhere but in the minds of marxists that want to destroy western democracies.

peace to you

 

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

People advocating for EVs everywhere are people who have never traveled outside of a city. And by "outside of a city" I don't mean suburbs or exurbs. I'm talking farmland, forest, and dirt roads. EVs are just not practical anywhere outside of a city, and they're incredibly dangerous as you're driving ontop of a bomb. If my kids ever went to a public school, I don't want them going on a mobile bomb.

 

[Van]

My guess is EV school buses will never be cost competitive but that won’t prevent bureaucrats from overcharging taxpayers for EV buses to “help” with a climate crises that doesn’t exist anywhere but in the minds of marxists that want to destroy western democracies.

peace to you

I think you are throwing the baby out with the bath water. BEV's are the future, but mandating them rather then letting the market decide is indeed Marxist.