11-09-23, 01:52 PM
Electric Bus Loses Power Going Up Hill, Rolls Backward and Crashes Into Line of Cars
Electric Bus Loses Power Going Up Hill, Rolls Backward and Crashes Into Line of Cars (thefederalistpapers.org)
Just when you thought electric vehicles were becoming safer, you find out that just as semi's lose breaking power if the engine dies (no air compressor function) so do electric busses. Electric breaks do not work if there is no power to function them. At least with semi's the breaks are designed to lock up with air pressure loss.
Quote:According to social media user Xian Ke, a Google-operated electric bus suffered a power loss on Monday morning while attempting to scale one of San Francisco’s many hills. The out-of-control bus then rolled down the hill and crashed into nine vehicles.
Electric Bus Loses Power Going Up Hill, Rolls Backward and Crashes Into Line of Cars (thefederalistpapers.org)
Just when you thought electric vehicles were becoming safer, you find out that just as semi's lose breaking power if the engine dies (no air compressor function) so do electric busses. Electric breaks do not work if there is no power to function them. At least with semi's the breaks are designed to lock up with air pressure loss.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
*Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
*Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759