Chalk up another electric vehicle failure. Wyoming’s Teton County and the town of Jackson bought a fleet of electric busses that are now junk. They don’t run. The two entities now have to rely on their fleet of 31 diesel busses to get the job done. Liberalism’s failures will strike anywhere. In this case, the Southern Teton Area Rapid Transit (START) relied on it’s supplier, California based Proterra.
The electric vehicle push
In 2021, Congress put aside over $5.5 billion for electric busses in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Proterra is supported by taxpayers. At the time, Biden took a virtual tour of it, saying, “The fact is, you’re making me look good.”
In August that same entity filed for bankruptcy. The CEO Gareth Joyce said the company’s failure was due to “various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to efficiently scale all our opportunities simultaneously.”
Not even 3 year old "EV" bus fleet bought from a now bankrupt @Proterra_Inc totally out of service! What a waste Wyoming!https://t.co/hrKPVFpfE6
— D MaC (@McC_711) September 27, 2023
The electric vehicle scam
Congress and Biden wasted more money on green energy. Nobody is feeling sorry for elected officials in Wyoming, especially since they’re trying so hard to steer people into this.
The residents instead wanted road upgrades, but none of that has happened. Instead, as the Cowboy Daily put it, “a majority wanted driving to remain inconvenient in hopes that people would ride more bikes and take public transit.” A majority wanted driving to be inconvenient!
Electric is politically correct
Teton county is wealthy. According to Wyoming Public Media, the county is first in the nation. In 2019 average household income was $312,442. Of course it is. Only affluent liberals would want to inconvenience everybody else as part of their moral value.
In 2020, President Trump won the vast majority of this state. All but two of its 23 counties voted for him. But the affluent Teton county voted for Biden 67.8 to 29.9.
Electric can’t deal with cold
The top of this sundae has room for one big cherry. Those busses operated as part of the regular fleet for some time. They arrived undamaged. What killed them was the cold.
START Director Bruce Abel noted, “So, there is a difference in performance between cold weather and warm weather.” In warm weather they ran fine all day but in cold weather they needed a mid-day re-charge to get through. The affluent voters want to prevent a little warming in their state at all costs, as long as those costs are tax payer covered. So they need another supplier. That will solve their problem.
