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kuedhel t1_iuplcl8 wrote

Reply to comment by elizabeth-cooper in NYC to buy 51 electric school buses for $18.5 million by alexd231232

by why? Tesla does not cost 60% more than an ICE car. Sounds like some sort of corruption is going on. Should we call Musk to provide an electric bus as well?

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Rhino_Thunder t1_iupq7y3 wrote

Maybe something due to the scale of it. Same reason a bus uses a Diesel engine instead of a normal gas engine

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foradil t1_iupxjga wrote

The school buses are built on a truck base, so most of the moving parts are not specific to school buses.

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ethanarc t1_iuqbuy5 wrote

But the battery will likely need to be quite a bit larger to move the heavier and less aerodynamic school bus, which is always by far the biggest component cost of an EV.

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Daxtatter t1_iurg55r wrote

Also at this point electric school buses are basically a boutique item, and it doesn't say how old that cited research is.

It also doesn't mention how much less maintenance electric vehicles have which is a huge expense.

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shotpun t1_ius53z6 wrote

also doesn't mention the costs reduced by fewer pollutants

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112-411 t1_iuum5im wrote

A bus uses diesel instead of gas because torque.

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Kaekru t1_iuprni8 wrote

The same reason why Tesla started by selling 100k plus cars, scale of production.

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