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Which buses are those?
My position is that the development of long range BEVs (and all the externalities associated with manufacturing and disposing of these batteries) has been an incredible detour. We already had the technology for fuel cell EVs with as much range as ICE vehicles. Meanwhile, short range BEVs are great because they solve the problem of refueling and avoid the problem of recharging, since you can do it while you sleep work. Long range BEVs just trade refueling for "fast" recharging, which is actually slower and more inconvenient than refueling. Where we really need innovation and development is in mass, public transit.
It’s the TOSA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSA_(bus)