Essay by Eric Worrall
h / t goldminor; Who would have guessed that electric vehicles could have trouble in cold climates?
Electric bus fleet toll pending: City awarded bus shed roof funding to prepare for the addition of seven new electric buses
Beep beep, new roof runs over.
Via Clarise Larson
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 2:56 pmCapital Transit just got one stop closer to Juneau’s public transit electrification.
City and Regional Bus Service of Juneau, Capital transport, announced last week which it is set to be awarded near $2.3 million from federal aid will move towards replacing infrastructure to support the city’s long-term goal of electrifying its transport system in the future.
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Trouble in electric heaven
The current, Capital Transit owns only one electric bus – has been in service since April 2021 and is the state’s first fully operational electric bus – of its 18 buses.
40 feet Proterra buses have had mechanical problems since launch and then don’t charge the battery long enough to complete the entire route transparent this winterThe weather is chilly, but Koch said the city is looking at different electric bus manufacturers for the new bus.
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Of course, we’ve seen electric vehicles struggle in cold climates. As WUWT reported in our 2021 paper Tesla: Nothing speaks to customer satisfaction like 30kg DynamiteTrams seem horribly unsuitable for places with cold winters.
It’s not just the falling range. Deep frost conditions can irreparably damage electric vehicle batteries unless the battery is kept warm, so a problem occurs, such as forgetting to plug in the EV at night or a prolonged power outage, and you can get dead EV. It’s likely that this will turn out to be a doubly frustrating experience when you read the fine print in your insurance waivers.
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