Re:Tesla hugely exceeded expectations last quarter
by gamblor956 on Friday October 26, 2018 @12:05PM
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Even though modern gasoline especially in California burns quite clean, it's easy to forget that every bus and truck out there is burning horrendous diesel.
The NY MTA has been running natural gas buses and hybrid-electric buses since before Tesla was a twinkle in its original founders' eyes. It hasn't fully converted it's entire fleet yet (the process began in 2000!) but it's one of the largest alternative fuel fleets in the world.
LA Metro's fleet has been almost 90% clean air for years, and has been testing EV buses for almost a decade.
Let's give Tesla some credit for making EVs fashionable, but public transit systems have been going green for much longer and Tesla's never been part of that conversation.
The NY MTA has been running natural gas buses and hybrid-electric buses since before Tesla was a twinkle in its original founders' eyes. It hasn't fully converted it's entire fleet yet (the process began in 2000!) but it's one of the largest alternative fuel fleets in the world.
LA Metro's fleet has been almost 90% clean air for years, and has been testing EV buses for almost a decade.
Let's give Tesla some credit for making EVs fashionable, but public transit systems have been going green for much longer and Tesla's never been part of that conversation.