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Originally Posted by SFBruin
If batteries weigh that much, is the transition to batteries worth it?
What are their maintenance costs like? Is disposal simple?
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Disposal is up in the air because of the concerns of how you recycle the batteries.
Trolleybuses also use a battery but it being used as a means to connect the trolley to the bus yard without the wire connection. With regenerative braking and connection to the trolley wire that battery will be in a constant charging set up.
Personally I think the battery electric buses are not ready for primetime.