• gammasfor@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    “Electric buses aren’t safe because the batteries can catch on fire”

    London here running hybrids for over half a decade with no issue.

    • spen@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      We USians are so hooked on, and controlled by, car infrastructure that we’ll come up with any lame ass excuse to undermine public transit. “Busses (or trains or any other form of public transit) aren’t perfect because of X, so we should just keep destroying our health, our communities and our planet”

    • CoderKat@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, who the heck complains about either of those points? Hybrid buses have been a thing for a long time. And even if it was a plain diesel bus, it’d still be better than having dozens of gasoline cars.

    • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      We have some electric but lines in San Sebastian (Spain) too, no issues, the buses are lovely, they work fine. It has been about 4 years since they first got introduced, no major issues.