http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2012/06/where_electric_vehicles_make_sense_1/ The Investor Resource for Solar, Wind, Efficiency, Renewable Energy Stocks Mon, 02 Apr 2018 08:23:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2012/06/where_electric_vehicles_make_sense_1/#comment-2539 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:51:04 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/archives/2012/06/where_electric_vehicles_make_sense_1/#comment-2539 I hope New Flyer’s deal with Mitsubishi allows them to get out if competing batteries prove to be superior.

]]> http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2012/06/where_electric_vehicles_make_sense_1/#comment-2538 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:26:29 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/archives/2012/06/where_electric_vehicles_make_sense_1/#comment-2538 NFI has already won a contract for 2 electric buses!
http://www.transitchicago.com/news/default.aspx?Month=&Year=&Category=2&ArticleId=3045
Fledgling manufacturers such as Proterra, Ebus and Designline can’t be excited to see the big kahuna walking around on their turf.
I’m a little disappointed that there is no mention of fast-charging infrastructure. Instead the two buses “must be able to travel up to 100-miles on a single charge”.
Sounds to me like the batteries will be big and expensive.

]]> http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2012/06/where_electric_vehicles_make_sense_1/#comment-2537 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:32:33 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/archives/2012/06/where_electric_vehicles_make_sense_1/#comment-2537 I agree wholeheartedly that electric drive can make a lot of sense in transit bus applications.

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