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The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:26 pm    Post subject: The "Em-Tee-Yay" goin' with 'lectric buses Reply with quote

Fellows:

On Eyewitness News at Noon today (ABC-7) there was an interesting bit about new MTA electric buses and a new charging station/facility in Jamaica.

I find this interesting in that I am curious just how "on target" the "Em-Tee-Yay" will be regarding its current target date for an zero-emissions bus fleet.

See:

https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-announces-plans-increase-number-of-electric-buses-purchased-2021
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Contrary to what many might think, the concept of a "zero emissions" electric bus (NOT a trackless trolley) is far from new; in 1900's London, the pioneering "Electrobus" became the world's first practical battery/electric bus.....

www.electrobus.co.uk/
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Electrobus_Company
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting page on electric buses; note the Edison Electric bus of 1915........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bus
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

More on the MTA's "lectric buses"......

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2021/06/03/the-mtas-new-electric-bus-order-is-another-step-forward-but-a-power-struggle-looms/
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This MTA photo of an electric bus charging station is quite interesting; quite awhile ago, I saw an online photo of virtually the same type of setup being experimented with in Germany, during the 1950's.......

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/39845241680


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mention must be made of Proterra......

https://www.proterra.com/vehicles/ZX5-electric-bus/
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also of related interest:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_electric_bus
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MTA's "lectric" articulateds.....

https://www.sustainable-bus.com/electric-bus/electric-buses-in-new-york-mta-the-first-articulated-hits-the-road/
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also of interest......

https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/11/30/21754533/mta-plan-electric-buses-climate-change
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW FLYER " ' lectrics" for the MTA......

http://teslanorth.com/2021/11/18/new-york-citys-mta-to-buy-60-electric-buses-from-new-flyer/
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Though this page deals with Los Angeles, the "alternate fuels and vehicle technology" area is interesting.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Metro_bus_fleet
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Remember, not all that long ago, when it seemed that CNG buses were the future?

This old photo of a COMMAND CNG (RTS) being towed back to home base is particularly symbolic today, since the "roof pod" RTS's have now vanished from the streets of "Noo Yawk".......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156358

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's an interesting page on battery-electric buses; note the photo of the charging station in Geneva..........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_electric_bus
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One thing is certain; you'll never see the MTA operating any of these "juiced up" monsters!!!!!!! Shocked Shocked Shocked

https://www.gotransit.com/en/blog/electric-bus
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