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This electric school bus has a range of up to 300 miles
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2023
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School busses are one of the perfect fits for electric engines:
Set schedule with down time to charge Specific route with known distances. Heavy and must drive up hills: which benefit from amazing torque generated by Electric engines. Large internal space for battery storage
Just pray Muskrat doesn’t somehow win the bid. We’ll never see them
Elon would do something ridiculous like buy Lyft for 10 billion too much and require drivers to use Teslas. He would then get a cost+percentage transportation contract. He then gold plates the interior components after a few years so the cost is higher, therefore the percentage is bigger.
A tesla roadtrain has got to be one of the last things I'd ever want to see as mass transportation lol
You’re forgetting the most important feature, usb charging ports for every seat
I can already imagine someone shoving gum into them :(
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Meh, outlets are superior than USB ports. USB wears out too quickly with rough use and, with USB-A, the charging cannot exceed 15W.
I saw a video of the latest Tesla model 3 2024 and it has one USB charging port inside the center console lol.
There are also 2 in the back, below the screen/hvac, and there is a dual wireless charger up front, so that’s probably enough isn’t it?
Wireless charging isn't the same.
And as long as it can cover the longest route on one charge it wouldn't need to cover that same distance every trip. You could pick the buses route based on battery % and have them alternate.