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In Tompkins County we were early adopters of the electric bus, at least for the American market. We bought them from a startup which had trouble with the structural aspects and eventually they fell apart

https://www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/tcat-pulls-all-electric-b...

Established bus manufacturers make good electric buses now but we don't have the money to buy replacements.




Five months before the company filed for bankruptcy, Proterra's CEO was appointed to the President’s Export Council (PEC), "the principal national advisory committee on international trade."


Bankruptcy, like death, often happens lowly, and then all at once.


Thanks for your insight. The amount of damage that Proterra did to the overall BEB adoption rates should not be underestimated. I work with many agencies and so many of them are running from BEBs toward FCEBs in large part because of their, or sister agency, experience with Proterra buses.


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