Dr. Taylor, you must stop this renegotiation with Highland Electric now.

[Anonymous]

Any update on this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP. Dr. Taylor - if you're reading this, I agree it's a mistake to endorse the Highland Electric move more many reasons.
1. County-Wide Impact. Ask for the study done about the impact it will have on the County's electrical grid. Last I checked, there wasn't one and the increased demand should put quite a load on both supply and prices. MCPS won't be very popular if brownouts and increased electric bills hit everyone.
2. Safety.
1 out of 4 is 25%.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZIlmgtU8yY
Fireman's comment: "Electric vehicles are difficult to fight and basically we let them burn"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBnidlh6y7s
You really want that for MCPS kids?
3. Cost. After a car battery reaches three to five years old, they normally need to be replaced. It's a huge, unbudgeted cost. The technology doesn't yet exist to make solid-state electric batteries. Until that happens, I'd avoid electric buses.
4. Endorsing Someone Else's Mistakes.
"1.5 million"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18P01HNfZ94
You can't say "I didn't know"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOOGic5dXys
Don't compound McKnight's mistake by rubber stamping hers.

Car Batteries last a long time. 10-15 years or 300,000 miles is typical. Don’t base this off your knowledge of cell phone batteries. Usually longer than the rest of the vehicle. Older NMC batteries typically degrade about 10% in the first few years and then level off from there. You also don’t need to replace the whole pack. It’s usually just one or two modules with low voltage. Newer LFP batteries are much more stable, are supposed to be charged to 100%, do not catch fire, and basically never wear out. The buses likely use NMC which has more power but some of the issues I mentioned in the beginning of this paragraph. School buses are a great use of the technology. Most school bus drivers love them, some still prefer the feel of older diesel buses.

I own and electric car and my daughter was on a MCPS diesel school bus that caught fire near my house. Electric is safer and more reliable in my mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP. Dr. Taylor - if you're reading this, I agree it's a mistake to endorse the Highland Electric move more many reasons.
1. County-Wide Impact. Ask for the study done about the impact it will have on the County's electrical grid. Last I checked, there wasn't one and the increased demand should put quite a load on both supply and prices. MCPS won't be very popular if brownouts and increased electric bills hit everyone.
2. Safety.
1 out of 4 is 25%.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZIlmgtU8yY
Fireman's comment: "Electric vehicles are difficult to fight and basically we let them burn"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBnidlh6y7s
You really want that for MCPS kids?
3. Cost. After a car battery reaches three to five years old, they normally need to be replaced. It's a huge, unbudgeted cost. The technology doesn't yet exist to make solid-state electric batteries. Until that happens, I'd avoid electric buses.
4. Endorsing Someone Else's Mistakes.
"1.5 million"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18P01HNfZ94
You can't say "I didn't know"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOOGic5dXys
Don't compound McKnight's mistake by rubber stamping hers.

Car Batteries last a long time. 10-15 years or 300,000 miles is typical. Don’t base this off your knowledge of cell phone batteries. Usually longer than the rest of the vehicle. Older NMC batteries typically degrade about 10% in the first few years and then level off from there. You also don’t need to replace the whole pack. It’s usually just one or two modules with low voltage. Newer LFP batteries are much more stable, are supposed to be charged to 100%, do not catch fire, and basically never wear out. The buses likely use NMC which has more power but some of the issues I mentioned in the beginning of this paragraph. School buses are a great use of the technology. Most school bus drivers love them, some still prefer the feel of older diesel buses.

I own and electric car and my daughter was on a MCPS diesel school bus that caught fire near my house. Electric is safer and more reliable in my mind.

Electric Lithium is terrible in a car fire!