Something Positive: Sub-Zero Temperatures Didn’t Affect Madison’s Electric Bus Fleet This Year–A Major EV Milestone | A Story Worth Sharing

Something Positive: Sub-Zero Temperatures Didn’t Affect Madison’s Electric Bus Fleet This Year–A Major EV Milestone | A Story Worth Sharing

Why this story matters: Behind the headlines, stories like this show how real-world solutions are taking shape. Quick summary: This story highlights recent developments related to evs, showing how constructive action can lead to meaningful results. – credit, courtesy Metro Transit In January, GNN reported on how the brain-disabling cold of the Norwegian winter couldn’t affect the performance of an all-electric ferryboat plying the waters in the country’s far northern district of Finmark. Well closer to home, a fleet of all-electric buses in Wisconsin have made it to the Vernal Equinox with similar performance statistics: the buses ran morning to night in a city that averages 18 days a year with below-zero temperatures. That being said, Grist.com, which brought the story from the streets of the state capital of Madison, added that electrification of bus fleets across America has been a rocky road, with cold weather sitting squarely among the challenges transportation departments have faced. …