US schools can subscribe to an electric bus fleet at lower prices than diesel
Hmm...buses that (per the article) cost 2x or 3x what diesel ones would.  From a company that's raising a whole lotta $$$ from VC's.  And (plausibly) school districts will get rid of their old diesel bus fleets when they switch over...<p>Is anyone else suspecting an "of course we'll loose money like crazy, until we hit 'em with the massive price increase" business model?<p>EDIT:  Wow, huge response.  3 points to add:<p>- Yes, kids not breathing fumes is better...but that doesn't change the company's nor the school district's finances.<p>- No, I have no good data on whether the "vastly lower TCO will cover the higher up front cost..." theory is 100% correct, or utter BS.<p>- My one not-too-close data point:  A friend worked for a metropolitan bus system ~2011.  She said they were getting rid of their "~1.4 up-front cost" diesel-electric hybrid buses - because the <i>real</i> TCO was considerably worse than the older, straight-diesel buses.