Electric Bus Route In Sweden Zooms Past Expectations

[RV_]

I can see EV Motorhomes in the next ten years or so. Here is what is happening today:

 

Excerpt:

 

"Traffic on route 55 in Gothenburg began in June 2015 and the green electric buses soon became a common sight on the urban scene. Today the route between Chalmers and Lindholmen carries an average of 100,000 passengers a month. Surveys conducted by the ElectriCity partners reveal that both passengers and drivers appreciate the new electric bus route and that the vehicles, charging infrastructure, and bus stops more than meet the highest expectations.

 

According to Public Transport Authority Västtrafik, passengers are generally very satisfied with the service. The fact that the buses run on renewable electricity is regarded favourably, and the bus stops at Chalmersplatsen and Teknikgatan are rated very highly. About 80% of passengers appreciate the free WiFi on board, and no less than 93% feel that the low on-board noise level is a great benefit. Measurements carried out by Volvo confirm these perceptions and show considerable differences in noise between diesel and electric power, both inside and outside the buses, particularly at low speeds."

 

the whole article with pics is here: http://cleantechnica.com/2016/06/17/electric-bus-route-sweden-zooms-past-expectations/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IM-cleantechnica+%28CleanTechnica%29

[sandsys]

Ah, takes me back to the days of electric trolleys.

 

Linda Sand

[RV_]

Yeppers Linda! Just no tracks. (They had Wi-Fi on the old electric trollies?)

[DavidMc]

 

They had Wi-Fi on the old electric trollies?

 

My guess is they were happily chatting and did not notice the absence of Wi-Fi.

[sandsys]

Yeppers Linda! Just no tracks. (They had Wi-Fi on the old electric trollies?)

 

Of course they had wifi. We just didn't have the gadgets to make use of it.

 

Linda

[justRich]

If I correctly remember my history, electric trolleys were crowed out by personal cars, not due to inefficiency.

[RV_]

Yep Rich, and now soon to be crowded out by self driving Ubers and HyperLoop mass transit systems. EVs for those not in the cities. I could never appreciate the importance of public transit until I lived in Germany for 7 years. I still prefer my own car and always will. Ford has already begun to commit to building the unowned rental/public transit/shared auto sized transport. They are keeping it close to the vest but if one searches it is all there.

 

I thought I should pass along the EV bus news as well as the Tesla and EV news I consume and sort to pass along.