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Re: Proterra Bus Fire Prompts California Agency to Consider Shelving Electric Bus Fleet Electric buses are melting in sun, too expensive to fix, transit official says
There are literally dozens of Electric Bus manufacturers and you choose to compare Proterra to a Tesla semi-truck that has yet to be manufactured for which we don't even have the final specs. You then turn alleged Proterra's misfortunes into a rant against Elon Musk. Cmon US you are smarter than this or maybe it's just Friday night.
BONLUCK electric bus designed and manufactured by Jiangxi Kama Business Bus Co., Ltd.
BYD manufacturers a wide range of electric buses, ranging from the 30-foot K7M to the 60-foot K11M. In addition, they manufacture coaches and double-decker electric buses.
The K9 is their flagship transit bus (with K9 and K10 chassis/powertrain also used by other bus makers e.g. Alexander Dennis as a basis for localised EV transit buses), and the C9 is their flagship coach bus.
Custom Denning[15][circular reference] in Sydney, Australia. Design and production of Element fully low-floor battery-electric or fuel cell citybus.[16]
Lightning Systems, Loveland, Colorado: At the forefront of fleet electrification, powering familiar commercial vehicle platforms, class 3 -class 8 buses and cargo, with our high-tech electric drivetrains.[23][24][25]
Linkker, Finland. Design and production of battery-electric buses that use opportunity charging (3-5min fast charging). Highest energy efficiency in the market. Initial development together with VTT Technical Research Nrch Centre of Finland.[26]
Mobil Anak Bangsa (MAB) produces plug-in electric buses at Demak, Indonesia. First bus delivered to Paiton Energy.[27]
New Flyer Industries New Flyer Industries currently offers battery-electric buses in 35, 40, and 60 foot configurations, and trolleybuses in 40 and 60 foot configurations.[28]
Proterra[30] in Greenville, SC: Proterra manufactures 35 and 40 foot (11 and 12 metre) versions of the ZX5. Previously, they manufactured the Catalyst model.
Solaris Urbinos 8.9, 12 and 18 meters[36] with about 100 km (60 miles) range and about 120 kWh battery pack, introduced in September 2011. Optional pantograph inductive.
SOR EBNs SOR EBN and NS electric busses[37] A modern, low-floor electric bus designed for clean passenger transit in urban environments.[38] A modern all-low-floor electric bus
Tata urban 9/12m Electric Bus is a modern state-of-the-art solution. ... Tata Urban 9/12m Electric bus - With zero-emission and noiseless operations, the newly designed Electric Bus meets the requirement for cleaner public transport[39]
Tecnobus,[40] in Frosinone, Italy. The Gulliver model is currently used in several cities in Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Temsa in Turkey developed two electric buses; one model with a high capacity battery pack[41] and one model with quick charge capability.[42]
Thunder Sky Energy Group[45] of Shenzhen, China (near Hong Kong) builds lithium-ion batteries and has four models of electric buses, the ten passenger EV-6700 with a range of 260 km (160 mi), the TS-6100EV and TS-6110EV city buses (top speed 80 km/h), and the 43 passenger Thunder-Sky-EV-2008 highway bus (top speed 100 km/h), which has a range of 300 km (190 mi). The batteries can be recharged in one hour or replaced in five minutes. The buses are also to be built in the United States and Finland.
URSUS in Lublin, Poland, produces a range of electric buses and trolleybuses under the brand of its subsidiary Ursus Bus.
VDL Bus & Coach is marketleader of electrical buses in Europe (Sept 2017), with the largest fully electric fleet in the EU. The project of 43 SLFA-181 electrical buses in late 2016 was the biggest transition to zero emission within Europe. Currently the fleet consists of 204 articulated and 12-meter e-buses, with over 4,5 million kilometers done.[46][47]
Vėjo projektai, based in Klaipėda, Lithuania, creates, develops and manufactures battery electric buses with the brand name "Dancer"[48] Fully electric 12-meter Dancer buses, certified and registered in 2019, have been operating on Klaipėda’s regular routes since spring 2020 with nearly 100,000 km completed by the end of the year. The e-bus Dancer, designed and manufactured within the territory of Klaipėda FEZ, also won the gold medal in the Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design category of the prestigious A’Design 2020 awards.[49]