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The MTA actually went from using a lot of hybrid buses to fully diesel at one point[0], and now they're slow rolling out fully electric by...2040[1]. Just far out enough they can do basically nothing over the next couple years, and still claim they're on track.

[0]https://nypost.com/2013/06/30/mta-hasnt-purchased-a-hybrid-b...

[1]https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/200-electric-buses-are-...



> now they're slow rolling out fully electric by...2040

The MTA operates 5,800 buses [1]. At 525 kWh per bus [2], that’s 3 GwH of batteries fleetwide. Charging those daily is enough to keep a large power plant busy.

[1] https://new.mta.info/project/zero-emission-bus-fleet

[2] https://chargedevs.com/newswire/new-yorks-mta-orders-60-more...




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