01-18-2020, 02:44 PM
(01-18-2020, 02:10 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(01-17-2020, 11:55 PM)taylortbb Wrote: That's just the building and maintenance facilities, no buses.
I believe GRT's conclusion was that enough Canadian cities are running EV pilots right now they really wouldn't learn anything additional by doing it themselves. They'll wait a few years while other cities work through the kinks and bring the price down, then adopt them.
Lol...that's a good one. Our regional engineers have felt the need to pilot everything for years and years--even when those things are actually in the HTA. I have zero doubt they will be piloting them, but much much later.
It is pretty disappointing that our region is not making plans to transition to electric buses. Guelph just announced a huge investment into EV busses. Still, given the LRT, we're not doing too bad.
What I am surprised about is the cost of these buildings. I don't know much about construction or costs, but I would have expected this type of industrial building to be much cheaper than a residential or commercial building, it's barely more than a warehouse.
The building's core structure is relatively cheap; everything else, including the installation of the maintenance equipment, isn't.