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Does anyone feel like electric buses are a type of green washing?
I like EVs, but do they make sense for something that needs to be on the road all day? Is replacing a couple hundred diesel buses bringing thousands around a day really what should be getting targeted?
Every little helps and all, but doesn't seem like it should be considered a bug deal.
They are just better vehicles, both in terms of local pollution, and in terms of propulsion, even if it is green washing.
Yeah, anything that does a lot of city driving and a lot of stop start is much better suited to electric than diesel. At my work - collecting waste - I drive an electric iveco tipper. Only had it a few weeks but already it's so much better than the nasty old diesel I had before.
and noise
Ah good point, I don't live next to a bus stop