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Electric School Buses More Than Doubled In USA From March 2022 To June 2023::Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! According to the World ... [continued]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They're an ideal candidate.

School buses and delivery vehicles for sure.

I cringe every time the UPS truck comes through. The driver stops and shuts off the engine, makes their delivery, starts it back up, slams the accelerator, drives 100 ft., slams the brakes and then does it all over again. Day in and day out.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also lawn equipment. I'm amazed that people still run these smoke spewing, oil leaking, horribly inefficient little devices all around their own property.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I’ve found the battery powered yard tools fantastic, but I live in an urban area with small yard. I don’t know whether you’d have as good an experience with a large yard or as a service