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Originally Posted by para transit fellow
newspaper article doesn't say specific but does capture this summary of the cost vs benefits
"While it costs about $378,000 more to buy an electric bus than a diesel one in terms of capital costs, Transit found that it would cost about $477,000 less over its lifespan to fuel and maintain it"
i'm going to presume the battery maintenance is in there.
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And that's likely without the expectation of a serious drop in battery process that seems likely once Tesla's Giga factory gets up and running