I’m tired of the way things are and am actually excited for BYD. They build really great electric vehicles and I saw one video where it charged up just as fact as refueling gasoline would be

      • Nils@lemmy.ca
        3·
        3 days ago

        I am learning a lot from this thread, thanks for sharing. It seems that 1 in 3 buses in NA are from New Flyer.

        Also, I like their proposition of having a centre median boarding platform. https://youtu.be/Xhw66RpevsM Some few decades ago, I heard about some cities solving bus traffic by using the centre of the street for public transport.

      • Nils@lemmy.ca
        2·
        3 days ago

        I am not able to read the article. It only shows the headline for me.

        I found an article with similar title that lists the reasons as:

        • Significant delays in obtaining replacement parts, taking up to 73 days for a single rear axle.
        • Poor quality of repair manuals and a lack of diagnostic tools in English.
        • Insufficient engineering support from BYD during operations.

        Does that match the article you shared? Is there more to it?

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
      5·
      4 days ago

      The (small number of) TTC electric buses are BYD. They got built in Newmarket but I think the production stopped due to some issues. A larger scale attempt might be needed. :D That said, we might want to try that with sodium-ion batteries.

      • Nils@lemmy.ca
        4·
        4 days ago

        That is cool! I heard when they did the procurement a while ago, but I did not know what happened after. It is great to know that they were made here.

        I think once we have plenty of buses (and other EVs) around, the battery recycling will catch up. Just like it happened with the lead-acid.

        • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
          5·
          4 days ago

          the battery recycling will catch up.

          For sure. That said, for applications where applicable, sodium-ion kinda makes recycling moot. There’s “unlimited” supply of the input materials. CATL and some smaller factories just started production and it’s already cheaper than LFP. I haven’t checked if buses are suitable application but I think they should be.