Forget pumping your own gas — a demonstration showed how quickly a bus can be plugged in from an overhead cable in a matter of seconds to start recharging. Blue and green lights in the bus charging port tell when the cable is connected and charging starts.
Camden County received an “F” grade from the American Lung Association for air quality in the non-profit organization’s most recent report, said Jeffrey L. Nash, a county commissioner. “It means so much when we’re looking at how to bring environmental justice to our community,” said Camden Mayor Victor Carstarphen. “Today is a win for our city, it will help so many people in our city.”
It takes five to six hours to charge a bus from “empty,” which provides up to eight hours of running time, depending on the battery size, Kilcoyne said. But that running time varies by route length, the terrain and weather, he noted. Similar to driving an internal combustion engine-powered vehicle, mileage between charges also depends on the driver, Kilcoyne said.Drivers also will have to be trained to drive electric buses because they have motors in each wheel, he said. “This is a tech that is improving as we build it out, the 150 miles will increase.”
Of course the had to build a sub station and electric in this state is not zero emissions it is generated by gas and coal fired plants. I just wonder what they will do to dispose the batteries when they die
Coal- coal will make them go