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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: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday September 22 2017, @12:20PM (1 child)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday September 22 2017, @12:20PM (#571616) Journal

    my bus as a kid had a ten-mile route.

    Yes, I think from tip to tip in Manhattan it's about 15 miles. There are a couple bus routes that go that far, but nobody rides them all the way. You'd be crazy to, because it would take you 2.5 hours with traffic and stops. So an EV bus would make perfect sense and save the city a ton in fuel and maintenance costs.

    As a sidenote, people who commute by car into the city on the Long Island Expressway come in from Nassau County 20-25 miles away. Even EVs with less range like the Leaf can handle that distance easily without needing to recharge in Manhattan during the day.

    The distances in urban commutes are not great, and well within the range of EV and battery capabilities today.

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  • (Score: 1) by Tara Li on Friday September 22 2017, @02:50PM

    by Tara Li (6248) on Friday September 22 2017, @02:50PM (#571653)

    And my point is that they've *been* in range for a very long time now.