Electric Busses More Expensive, Less Reliable

Lion Electric is in the news again. From Breitbart: School Districts Ditch Hard-to-Repair Electric Buses for Diesel Buses

“We are going to keep our electric fleet on the roads for as long as possible,” Mike Leskowich, who serves as the superintendent of the Homer Community School District in Michigan, told the outlet. Leskowich’s school district “received $2.8 million in federal funding to procure seven Lion buses in 2022.”

“Eventually, however, we will return to diesel, as the cost of the vehicle is far less than electric,” Leskowich added.

The district purchased the busses with $2.4 million of federal taxpayer money.

Homer Community School District was not the only district to get federal taxpayer money of course.

The Biden administration awarded $159 million “to manufacture 435 school buses between 2022 and 2024.”

They company is bankrupt, and not honoring any warranty outside of Quebec. See this post from the first week in August: The Lie that Electric Vehicles Are More Reliable.

The hat tip goes to The Other McCain and The ‘Green Energy’ Boondoggle Fails Every Time It Encounters Reality

“Fossil fuels — BAD! Green energy — GOOD!” This is the sum total of left-wing ideas on the subject, no matter how much “science” they claim to justify their prejudice, and no facts will persuade them.

If you do the math (I know, but it will only hurt for a minute) diesel busses are about half the cost of electric busses, and they actually run for more than a month or three between breakdowns. See that link about reliability.