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Originally Posted by whitev70r
In this day and age with EV buses coming on line, why do cities still use trolley buses with electrical wires overhead? Once in a while you see a bus pull over cuz it's connector disconnected. Seems like 1970 tech.
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I imagine it's because the current buses have been paid for and the existing infrastructure is already there. Plus, the old buses don't need downtime to recharge like an EV bus would (before even figuring out the whole logistics of charging the buses).