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Re:Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires by nicbou on Saturday April 30, 2022 @12:34PM (#31217210)
What about an hybrid solution? Smaller batteries could let trolleybuses venture from their infrastructure as needed, but at a reduced cost.
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Re:Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires by peterpost2 on Saturday April 30, 2022 @02:15PM (#31217958)
We had this here in the Netherlands, the system broke down quite a lot and apparently had quite some wear and tear

I guess it can be improved thoug.

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Re:Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires by mumblemumble on Monday May 02, 2022 @10:56AM (#31235912)
How do they re-attach the bus to the power lines? Is it reasonably automatic, or does the driver have to fuss with it?
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