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Old 06-01-2017, 03:02 PM   #418
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Well OK then. We will revisit this thread in 8 years when St Albert suddenly realizes their buses are only getting 60% range they expected, and need new batteries.
IIRC BYD buses use a battery chemistry that is more robust than Li-ion batteries with a trade off of less energy density (which doesn't matter as much in closed loop systems like bus routes, garbage truck routes where you know exactly how far you are going to be going between charges)
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