Electric Buses
14 hours ago Guest Blogger 27 Comments
by Dave Rhodes
As a bus driver in Wellington, New Zealand, I’ve observed the local authorities have been changing the way the bus services operate quite significantly over the past decade.
With the last remaining trolley bus service in Oceania, for some extraordinary reason, the local (very green) city council decided to terminate the trolley bus service to be replaced by diesel (initially) and then battery-electric buses.
The last trolley bus ran in late October 2017.
Many questioned the logic behind the closure and it became a topic for the newly elected left-wing labour/green government to consider – who eventually refused to intervene.
Diesels, both single and double-decker dominated initially, but over these intervening years the various bus companies have invested in battery powered vehicles.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/12/13/electric-buses/
