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Electric Bus Sets Record With 1,101-Mile Trip on a Single Charge

posted by CoolHand on Thursday September 21 2017, @05:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the driving-all-day dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Think it was impressive when a Tesla club drove a Model S nearly 670 miles? It has nothing on what Proterra just managed. The startup just drove a Catalyst E2 Max electric bus a whopping 1,101.2 miles on a single charge. That's the furthest any EV has managed before recharging, and well past the 1,013.8 miles driven by the previous record-holder, a one-seat experimental car nicknamed "Boozer." It's not hard to see how Proterra managed the feat when you know about the technology, but this still bodes well for eco-friendly public transportation.

Source: https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/19/electric-bus-travels-record-1101-miles-on-one-charge/

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Nuke on Thursday September 21 2017, @06:59PM (1 child)

    by Nuke (3162) on Thursday September 21 2017, @06:59PM (#571323)

    The UK traditionally had daily doorstep delivery of milk. The milk was carried on a cart that was pulled by a horse. This was a good solution because the horse would walk at the same speed as the milkman could deliver to houses, and did not need to be driven.

    Also bread delivery, and totters. Totters, or "Rag and Bone Men" went round streets, in London at least, shouting out as they went, to buy - or just relieve of - stuff that people might be wanting to get rid of.

    The horses and carts were self-driving as you say, so that idea is not new either. The guy delivering milk/bread to doorsteps would shout commands to the horse to start and stop. Voice recognition too.

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  • (Score: 2) by NewNic on Thursday September 21 2017, @07:18PM

    by NewNic (6420) on Thursday September 21 2017, @07:18PM (#571341) Journal

    I have a vague memory of rag and bone men from my childhood. They were all over the country, not just London. Then, there is Steptoe and Son......

    However, they are not really relevant to the discussion at hand, since they didn't convert from horse and cart to electric vehicles.

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