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school buses look like they are literally the best kind of vehicle to be electric.
premade path, with very clear requirements for range, for a few hours a day then back to the charger.
Also mail trucks, especially in (sub)urban areas. Those things really don't put on that many miles each day, and the type of driving they do gives them terrible mileage that would be much more efficient on the electric paradigm.
Sadly, the Grumman LLVs are set to be replaced by stock vans.
If I remember correctly, the first USPS fleet replacement option was laughable in its EV percentage, but I believe that has since changed to a significantly higher percentage.
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2022/1220-usps-intends-to-deploy-over-66000-electric-vehicles-by-2028.htm
This USPS announcement says 75% will be electric, and they’ll only be buying electric after 2026.
I was going to say this. They're Ideal. You can slow-charge 16 hours a day, idle them for 4 and discharge for four.
A city bus has to do the opposite, which is why there are a lot of municipalities moving towards on-wire trolley charging, where corridors are powered with an overhead catenary system, but branches are run off-wire.