The Type-D school bus uses a 387 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery.

Ideally, rezoning and infrastructure changes would reduce the need for school buses. We don’t have the time though, so this is a win. Hopefully production can ramp up and governments can create incentives for schools to buy these instead of dead dino powered buses.

    • lol3droflxp
      8•1 year ago

      Solar would barely make a dent with the power consumption of a bus

      • bluGill
        8•1 year ago

        It would. Not if you use the full 300 mile range twice a day, but many school buses are used for two 25 mile trips per weekday and parked in the sun the rest of the day plus weekends. Cover the roof in high efficiency panels and you can get significant range.