Grand River Transit

[Bytor]

I wonder how quickly they start taking them out of service for whatever reason. Electric buses are total garbage even in the best case scenario, so I can't imagine these will be that successful...especially since these are from Nova. Back in Europe we've got things like the Dutch company Ebusco or the Polish Solaris buses. Yet even those buses are mostly just a cheap political novelty to score points with the greenfolk. The majority of the fleets are still combustion or hybrid not because switching takes time, but because electric vehicles as a whole are still shitty and tend to be even worse for the environment (and create complex ethical/moral problems) than a traditional bus that burns diesel.

The TTC is running a couple hundred from both NFI and Nova bus. They also trialed BYD and Proterra. They have over 1000 on order. I’ve ridden their NFI electric model and it was very nice.

From https://www.plugincanada.ca/electric-bus-faq/

How do e-busses perform in winter?

Better than diesel buses! Diesel engines do not like the cold, they are hard to start and OC Transpo sometimes has to idle many buses overnight to make sure they will start in the morning.  e-Buses will start and work well in the cold.  Range can be reduced by the cold but that is mainly due to heating the cabin.  e-Buses can be fitted with diesel heaters if the battery capacity is needed for range.

So perhaps some misconceptions on ac3r's part, there.