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Re:Why Do Transit Agencies Keep Falling for the Hydrogen Bus... by PaulHoule on Friday March 14, 2025 @04:01PM (#43366629)
In Tompkins County we were early adopters of the electric bus, at least for the American market. We bought them from a startup which had trouble with the structural aspects and eventually they fell apart

https://www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/tcat-pulls-all-electric-b...

Established bus manufacturers make good electric buses now but we don't have the money to buy replacements.

Re:Why Do Transit Agencies Keep Falling for the Hydrogen Bus... by ttttannenbaum on Friday March 14, 2025 @04:50PM (#43367166)
Five months before the company filed for bankruptcy, Proterra's CEO was appointed to the President’s Export Council (PEC), "the principal national advisory committee on international trade."
Re:Why Do Transit Agencies Keep Falling for the Hydrogen Bus... by vkou on Friday March 14, 2025 @08:23PM (#43368741)
Bankruptcy, like death, often happens lowly, and then all at once.
Re:Why Do Transit Agencies Keep Falling for the Hydrogen Bus... by Tijdreiziger on Friday March 14, 2025 @05:10PM (#43367342)
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Re:Why Do Transit Agencies Keep Falling for the Hydrogen Bus... by ryantgtg on Friday March 14, 2025 @08:25PM (#43368748)
Thanks for your insight. The amount of damage that Proterra did to the overall BEB adoption rates should not be underestimated. I work with many agencies and so many of them are running from BEBs toward FCEBs in large part because of their, or sister agency, experience with Proterra buses.