How much is the operating cost for deadheading buses to/from the start of the route vs the cost installing charging stations??? There are a few systems in the US that have charging stations on routes and at bus terminal. Europe has far more than the US with the main focus of keeping buses on routes up to 24 hours and in some cases longer. Most systems were uses bus terminals as charging station and rode a few routes that had charging stations at each end. Some systems use both plug-ins and overhead charging.
You class ebuses as crap, yet rest of the world seam to have no issues to the point a number of systems are fully ebuses now with a fair number taking place in 2025 and the bulk by 2030. Paris will be the last one since they need 6,000 buses to be fully ebuses.
New Flyer has discontinue hybrids for their 60's at this time due to lack of engines to meet current standards.
