An electric coach that drove from London to the G7 site to promote the vital importance of green energy has got stranded in Cornwall because it could not find anywhere to recharge its batteries.
According to Cornwall Live:
Planet Mark, the organisers of the Zero Carbon Tour, successfully travelled from London to the Eden Project, a distance of 263 miles with one recharge, in the electrically-powered Yutong coach.
However, in order to make the return leg through the South West of England the coach needs a recharge.
But with 60 to 70 miles it has found that there are no serviceable chargers left on the network and the five that they attempted to use in Cornwall were unable to charge the bus.
According to Planet Mark, this is a sign that more ‘investment’ (ie taxpayer money) needs to be splurged on electrical charge points.
But perhaps the real lesson of the story is that the green transition to ‘Build Back Better’ promoted at the G7 summit is hopelessly optimistic and will cause chaos and delays everywhere it is tried.
Meanwhile, in Germany…
A fire in a bus depot in Hanover has resulted in damage worth millions and a large-scale deployment of the fire brigade.
According to Üstra spokesman Udo Iwannek, the fire caused damage worth millions. A total of nine buses were burned out, including five electric buses, two hybrid buses, a diesel bus and a coach. The charging infrastructure was also damaged… The fire in the electric buses posed a challenge for the fire brigade during the extinguishing work.
A high level of heat radiation emanates from the batteries in the buses, said fire department spokesman Meyer. It was therefore difficult for the rescue workers to get close to the scene of the fire. The hall, which was in danger of collapsing, also posed a risk. Unexpected help for the rescue workers came from the sky in the form of heavy downpours. “That was excellent for the extinguishing work,” said Meyer.
If the batteries of electric cars catch fire, they can pop and form a huge cloud of soot. At times there was a dark cloud of smoke above the Üstra site in the Mittelfeld district. The population was asked to keep windows and doors closed.
We’ve seen our green future. Doesn’t look like it works…
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Historically we have had tow trucks providing a few gallons of gas to motorists who ran out so they could get to a gas station. There is now a pilot program of charging trucks to provide the same service for electric vehicles that run out of charge. They use on board generators powered by gas, diesel, or propane. The service still is not available in most locations.
A few years ago, a tractor trailer load of fuel burned a stretch of highway near here. The cause was the truck’s battery cables shorting to ground. I lost a Massey Ferguson combine the same way.
There’s a lot of potential energy in a couple of twelve volt batteries. Imagine a ton of them.
Gotta laugh at that one. We had a local hospital install a few charging stations in one of the parking lots. Fortunately, it was in the Doctors lot (only ones who can afford subsidized EVs.) Unfortunately, they were free to the users. ( Obviously the Doctors! ) What’s wrong with this picture !!!!
Way too bad Greens but you bus is a Lemon for many passengers
Waiting up to an hour for a charge. Never happen in America. Only the privileged retired rich will do this.(and maybe the moochers)
If rolling out working charging stations in compact, highly-populated England is difficult, just imagine how it hard it is in Australia…
The only valid reason for electric vehicles is for reducing urban air-pollution. Out in the bush, even an asthmatic such as myself won’t suffer from the use of a bit of fossil fuel for vehicles in all that fresh air.
Even with power equipment on the farm, I’d rather have two-stroke than electric, for sheer power and convenience. I can always wear a mask if I need to.
Study: Nearly 20% of California electric car buyers go back to gas
Researchers found many owners think charging is too much of a hassle
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/study-nearly-20-of-california-electric-car-buyers-go-back-to-gas-052021.html
In time the charging stations will be there. It will be tax payer money that installs them, but they will be there. The larger issue is will the power be there? There will be greater reliance on renewable energy, which is very unreliable. Many reliable power plants that use fossils will shut down. The load to support electric vehicles will increase the demand for power. So even though the charging stations will be there, we will still have stranded electric cars, busses, and semi trucks.