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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 12/22
« Last post by SVPete on December 22, 2025, 12:00:11 PM »Parents Decry Electric School Buses As Iceboxes in Winter
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/22/parents-decry-electric-school-buses-as-iceboxes-in-winter-n4947375
Putting it simply, bus drivers are turning down/off heat in the bus in order to reduce the very real risk of the buses getting stranded due to battery depletion with students aboard.
At least one EV bus manufacturer went bankrupt recently, so that mandated 2027 target date may not be achievable, not that envirocrats care about practical reality.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/22/parents-decry-electric-school-buses-as-iceboxes-in-winter-n4947375
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New York officials mandated that all school bus purchases be electric by 2027, and parents are already thoroughly disgusted with the purchases so far. Apparently, New York officials think they are saving the planet with buses that freeze kids like popsicles.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are always a disaster from start to finish, with their short-lived, expensive, and toxic batteries, which are so dependent on slave and child labor in Africa and China, and they simply don’t work the way they are supposed to. That includes heating in the EVs during icy winter weather.
While the electric bus rule is to apply across the state of New York, parents in the Lake Shore Central School District are the ones vocally speaking out. WIVB News4 reported last week that parents are worried about their children’s health as bus drivers turn down the heat in the buses or even turn it off altogether as they try to conserve battery life. In fact, that is a recommended practice for EVs, which perform very poorly in the wintertime. And that is exactly why they should not be used to transport children to and from school in freezing temperatures.
Putting it simply, bus drivers are turning down/off heat in the bus in order to reduce the very real risk of the buses getting stranded due to battery depletion with students aboard.
At least one EV bus manufacturer went bankrupt recently, so that mandated 2027 target date may not be achievable, not that envirocrats care about practical reality.
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