Several German cities
that were led by the
socialists, or 'greens',
implemented electric
public transportation
buses, powered by
batteries.
Not old fashioned
"trolley buses",
that were powered
with overhead wires,
running on tracks
in the street,
that worked well
140 years ago !
Electric "battery" bus
fleets across Germany
were a new experiment.
Conclusion:
A failed experiment !
( sorry, only availble in German, not English )
City of Mannhein to Frankfurt:
German intercity bus carrier FlixBus worked with Greenpeace to promote “sustainable travel” and
“the mobility of the future is green”.
FlixBus suspended that electric bus after “repeated technical problems”
In April 2019, Greenpeace reported:
“The long-distance bus provider announced on Wednesday that there had been repeated technical problems during the pilot project between Mannheim and Frankfurt with the vehicle of a Chinese manufacturer.
These problems with the bus of Chinese manufacturer BYD must have been so massive that the project was suspended.”
"Only one thing
that was really
sustainable about
the ( Flixbus ) project
was the disappointment
of the travelers.”
that was really
sustainable about
the ( Flixbus ) project
was the disappointment
of the travelers.”
City of Wiesbaden:
Bus operator ESWE Stadtwerke ordered 56 electric buses in April 2019, out of a planned total of 140 electric buses, to be supported by 45 million euros in taxpayers’ money, from the Federal Environment Ministry.
(only) "flat inner city stretches are to be served” and that “they do not dare to venture onto the steeper streets on the outskirts.”
“A battery charge should last 150 kilometers, but less if the temperatures are freezing and the bus is full: 100 kilometers.”
That would mean only about three hours of service before a recharge was needed.
City of Nürtingen:
“The electric bus pilot project is a flop,” .
“The battery on a bus was broken after two and a half years of operation, and a new one costs 80,000 euros.
Too much – that’s why the operation is stopped.”
City of Trier:
“The electric buses in Trier have proven to be truly quiet and environmentally friendly: They are idol." (since July 2019)
“Already after two weeks the first electric bus had to stay in the workshop.
Reason: Problems with the battery.
An end of the problems is not in sight.”
City of Bremen:
Planned to purchase five electric buses, 40% funded by the federal government.
Then the Bremen city government changed their mind.
“The reason: It is still unclear whether the electric drive really is the technology of the future.”
“Bremen Mayor Maike Schaefer ( Green Party ) says that e-mobility has many disadvantages: ‘The batteries need cobalt, which comes from mines in the Congo.
Exploitative child labor prevails there.'”
“Currently, the electric vehicles also have such a short service life that their carbon footprint does not represent any real progress compared with conventional technologies."