Electric bus performed better than diesel in cold weather

The town of Kremmling in the US State of Colorado, due to its high altitude and northern winds, is to -35 degrees It is one of the coldest towns in the country, where temperatures can reach as low as . Used in schools in the region since 2020 electric school bus It continues to provide service without any problems. Even better than diesel alternatives better performance is showing.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) representative Casey Becker said, “What we’re seeing is that these buses Performs great in cold weather “And they maintain the battery charge even in very cold weather,” he said.

It’s no surprise that the Kremmling school district is pleased with the performance of the electric bus. Although it is true that the range of electric vehicles decreases in extreme weather conditions, consumption of diesel and gasoline vehicles also increases, although not at the same rate. Besides, as the bus driver stated Diesel vehicles have difficulty starting in extreme cold.

Operating cost is less than half

West Grand County School District Transportation Director Bethany Aurinwhen said, “The temperature drops to -30 to -35 degrees most of the winter. The electric school bus performed extremely well when the temperature dropped below -20.” said. Stating that the maintenance costs of electric buses are much less than diesel buses, Aurinwhen said that the electric bus has a cost per mile of 26 cent with diesel 58 cents He said it cost less than half the cost.

Becker will provide the Colorado School District with a total of 49 electric school buses He said he would go and two more would be allocated to Kremmling.

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