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...Is anyone else suspecting an "of course we'll loose money like crazy, until we hit 'em with the massive price increase" business model?EDIT:  Wow, huge response.  3 points to add:- Yes, kids not breathing fumes is better...but that doesn't change the company's nor the school district's finances.- 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.- 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 real TCO was considerably worse than the older, straight-diesel buses.