| >they have proven at least as reliable as their diesel counterparts Things may have improved recently, but that certain was not the experience in Hong Kong: "Five Hong Kong electric buses pulled from service in under two weeks due to glitches"[1] "Hong Kong electric buses pulled from the road for third time in nine months"[2] "Trial run of five Hong Kong electric buses delayed indefinitely due to bus stop bell problems"[3] "KMB electric bus runs into trouble on first day of trial"[4] [1] https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2038314/... [2] https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2038314/... [3] https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/arti... [4] http://www.ejinsight.com/20170801-kmb-electric-bus-runs-into... |
In 2011 there was a high-speed train crash in China and every questioned HSR in China.
Today China had 19,000 miles of track and carries 2 billion passengers a year.
It’s not hard to believe that initial electric buses had a few problems.