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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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UCLA receives $20M to electrify bus fleet and deploy California’s first in-road EV charging system (electrek.co)

submitted 20 hours ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Trams.
Trams is what they want if no corruption was present.
This is just that but with extra steps of pollution (tires) & moneygrabbery (all the roadwork).

Or at least trolleybuses.
(Like trams but with tire pollution, higher maintenance costs, and are less safe)

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

True, for fixed routes, pantographs seem like a decent power delivery method.

Don't trolley buses have the advantage that they can pass each other if one breaks down, instead of stopping up the whole line?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Is that an actual concern?

I would assume trolleys just push or pull each other if one breaks down somehow, like trains.