Santiago has figured out how to electrify city buses, fast

Santiago has figured out how to electrify city buses, fast

In public debates about reducing transportation-related carbon, transit agencies typically sit on the side of the angels, and many have pressed their advantage with pledges to replace their diesel bus fleets with zero-emission vehicles (ZEV). Yet progress has been halting because of cost, technical issues around charging and the pervasive caution of transit managers. Case in point: electric bus adoption. The Toronto Transit Commission has 400 in…