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Forget Tesla. It’s Buses, Not Cars, That Will Lead the Electric Revolution.
Forget about Tesla and its futuristic new Gigafactory. When it comes to using electricity for transportation, the real action may lie in the polar opposite of the fancy sports car. Municipal intracity buses may be déclassé, unloved, slow, lumbering behemoths. But they’re the workhorses of America’s transit systems. Last year, according to the American Public Transportation Association, buses hauled 5.36 billion passengers.
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The way I see it, electricity could give buses the last bit of affordability they need to really become worth it. For me, I don't quite save enough in gas to justify a monthly public transit pass in my area so I still drive. However, with electric buses requiring less money to maintain, I could see prices going down to a point that the amount saved would be enough saved to justify making my schedule a bit harder (I live far enough away from my work and school that a bus commute requires quite a bit of scheduling around)