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Trump administration bashes green technology while investigating SEPTA electric bus fires

Summary by Billy Penn
The Trump administration is citing a recent fire in SEPTA’s decommissioned electric bus fleet as it bashes the federal government’s past investments in environmentally friendly technologies. The blaze, on June 5, started from the battery in a Proterra electric bus parked in a SEPTA lot in North Philadelphia, burning at least 16 buses and causing a brief spike in air pollutant levels. A similar battery fire occurred in another Proterra bus in Nov…

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Billy Penn broke the news in Philadelphia, United States on Friday, August 8, 2025.
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