Cory Morgan: Cities Should Halt Electric Bus Purchases Given Their Abysmal Track Record

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Cory Morgan: Cities Should Halt Electric Bus Purchases Given Their Abysmal Track Record
Cory Morgan: Cities Should Halt Electric Bus Purchases Given Their Abysmal Track Record

Examples of electric bus failures abound across North America, writes Cory Morgan. The Canadian Press/Arlyn McAdorey

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While the political battle rages on over mandates for consumer purchases of electric vehicles, Canadian municipalities have been going all-in on electric buses, and it hasn’t gone well. Despite the failures of electric bus fleets in numerous North American cities, local governments continue to commit to large-scale electric bus purchases. Calgary’s recent commitment to spend nearly half a billion dollars on a fleet of electric buses is one of the latest and largest expenditures in Canada.

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