Electric school buses are rolling up to Virginia schools - GoHaynesvilleShale.com2024-03-28T20:01:22Zhttps://gohaynesvilleshale.com/forum/topics/electric-school-buses-are-rolling-up-to-virginia-schools?commentId=2117179%3AComment%3A3982425&feed=yes&xn_auth=noEV battery systems are design…tag:gohaynesvilleshale.com,2021-05-11:2117179:Comment:39826482021-05-11T22:30:47.980ZSkip Peel - Mineral Consultanthttps://gohaynesvilleshale.com/profile/ilandman
<p>EV battery systems are designed to use a portion of the output to warm the battery pack in cold conditions which would decrease range somewhat. I suspect that has been taken into account here by both Dominion Energy and the Chesapeake School District. Real world use serves to inform both technology and system design. Not every effort will turn out as planned but will serve to incentivize innovation. The arc of battery evolution is not just impressive but, to an extent, surprising. The…</p>
<p>EV battery systems are designed to use a portion of the output to warm the battery pack in cold conditions which would decrease range somewhat. I suspect that has been taken into account here by both Dominion Energy and the Chesapeake School District. Real world use serves to inform both technology and system design. Not every effort will turn out as planned but will serve to incentivize innovation. The arc of battery evolution is not just impressive but, to an extent, surprising. The reason is that capital flows to projects and technologies that have the potential to change paradigms ....and make investors a tidy profit. The capital market has been speaking loudly with their actions for a number of years now.</p>
<p></p> A captive fleet that returns…tag:gohaynesvilleshale.com,2021-05-11:2117179:Comment:39827932021-05-11T17:17:46.516ZChad Ellishttps://gohaynesvilleshale.com/profile/ChadEllis487
<p>A captive fleet that returns home everyday is an ideal test for EV’s. I will be interested in the range of this multiple stop and go application. Especially in winter.</p>
<p>A captive fleet that returns home everyday is an ideal test for EV’s. I will be interested in the range of this multiple stop and go application. Especially in winter.</p> The most recently mass produc…tag:gohaynesvilleshale.com,2021-05-10:2117179:Comment:39827662021-05-10T19:29:26.054ZSkip Peel - Mineral Consultanthttps://gohaynesvilleshale.com/profile/ilandman
<p>The most recently mass produced battery design is just now going into use. You can likely find estimates in the range of one million miles. School systems can likely dollar that out based on use history. It would be hard to project the cost of a replacement battery that far in the future. It is also worth remembering that the end of use life for vehicles batteries is not the end of use. Those batteries still have much useful life remaining in other uses such as residential back up…</p>
<p>The most recently mass produced battery design is just now going into use. You can likely find estimates in the range of one million miles. School systems can likely dollar that out based on use history. It would be hard to project the cost of a replacement battery that far in the future. It is also worth remembering that the end of use life for vehicles batteries is not the end of use. Those batteries still have much useful life remaining in other uses such as residential back up batteries in combination with solar arrays.</p>
<p></p> If a new bus costs $300,000,…tag:gohaynesvilleshale.com,2021-05-10:2117179:Comment:39826872021-05-10T19:19:19.920ZSpring Branch,mineral ownerhttps://gohaynesvilleshale.com/profile/SpringBranch
<p>If a new bus costs $300,000, what is the current replacement cost of a battery or batteries to power that bus?</p>
<p>If he cost of a diesel bus has dramatically increased over the past 20 years, I somehow find it hard to believe that the cost of an electric school bus would decline over the next 20 years. Have battery prices for your fishing boat gone down lately, or the price of steel, or the price of rubber?</p>
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<p>If a new bus costs $300,000, what is the current replacement cost of a battery or batteries to power that bus?</p>
<p>If he cost of a diesel bus has dramatically increased over the past 20 years, I somehow find it hard to believe that the cost of an electric school bus would decline over the next 20 years. Have battery prices for your fishing boat gone down lately, or the price of steel, or the price of rubber?</p>
<p></p> So are the savings: maintenan…tag:gohaynesvilleshale.com,2021-05-08:2117179:Comment:39824252021-05-08T20:49:21.650ZSkip Peel - Mineral Consultanthttps://gohaynesvilleshale.com/profile/ilandman
<p>So are the savings: maintenance and fuel cost will be considerably less over the life of the buses. The fewer moving parts will also mean less hours lost for repairs. Also worth remembering is the fact that all electric vehicles will continue to become cheaper as the cost of a battery kWh is less each year. In about ten years, it has gone from just over $1000 to $135. And it is still going down. The point of cost parity with light duty vehicles is projected to be $100.</p>
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<p>So are the savings: maintenance and fuel cost will be considerably less over the life of the buses. The fewer moving parts will also mean less hours lost for repairs. Also worth remembering is the fact that all electric vehicles will continue to become cheaper as the cost of a battery kWh is less each year. In about ten years, it has gone from just over $1000 to $135. And it is still going down. The point of cost parity with light duty vehicles is projected to be $100.</p>
<p></p> What does “upwards of $300,00…tag:gohaynesvilleshale.com,2021-05-08:2117179:Comment:39823372021-05-08T20:35:00.614ZSpring Branch,mineral ownerhttps://gohaynesvilleshale.com/profile/SpringBranch
What does “upwards of $300,000 mean? Does that mean $290,000 or $390,000. At any rate, the difference in capital cost of $100,000 for a diesel bus vs “upwards of $300,000 is pretty significant, I’d say!
What does “upwards of $300,000 mean? Does that mean $290,000 or $390,000. At any rate, the difference in capital cost of $100,000 for a diesel bus vs “upwards of $300,000 is pretty significant, I’d say!