By Paul Homewood
h/t Joe Public
This report comes from Norway:
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Caught cold: Winter paralyzes the new electric bus fleet in Oslo Electric bus debacle in the Norwegian capital Oslo: The cold wave has paralyzed the new, supposedly advanced electric buses. The batteries fail in winter temperatures.
In Oslo, public transport has completely collapsed. This is due to the city’s 183 new electric buses, which cannot cope with the icy cold. The transport operator confirms: The electric buses are simply not reliable enough in winter: “The range of the electric buses decreases drastically in cold weather. The batteries run out more quickly.” A total of around 140 departures were affected.
The affected lines are served by highly praised new, electric articulated buses – supposedly the future of mobility. They were only delivered around April. But already in the first winter they show their weaknesses: the 183 articulated electric buses from Solaris, equipped with a 500 kWt battery pack, fail miserably. The bitter reality: The freezing temperatures in Oslo are putting such a strain on electric buses that their range is shrinking dramatically. The promised range of over 250 kilometers is far from being achieved.
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December 13, 2023 at 09:15AM
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