My city also has been rolling out electric buses the last few years and they ride so much like their gas counterpart that I wouldn't be able to tell which is which without the design/colour scheme they chose to tell you which is which.

I am for electrification but I just can't get behind electric buses.

My city made some study last year and the best way forward in terms of public transport is expansion of trolley bus network. With batteries and constant use it just doesn't make much economic sense. If you can build the wiring it is much better in long run. You don't have to have 100% coverage, 70+% is enough for partial battery powered trolley bus, then it starts to be economically feasible in the operating cost sense.

Also they will need to build some kind of metro system - probably as an extension of commuter trains.

The best electric busses have electric lines overhead, so you don't need big batteries.

Poznań, Poland has 25 hydrogen buses, and plans to have 9 more by May 2026

To address the trolley bus comments - yes, they are better than battery buses, but my city already has a tram network and the bus network covers too much territory to justify putting trolley cables.

My city is also playing with electric buses buying different brand and models. One Chinese brand they have drives me crazy because it rings a bell as it moves. It's louder and more annoying than the gas buses.

I wish my city was running the electric buses at night. Without the noise of other traffic to help mask it, the gas ones sound like explosions as they drive by at 3a. Unfortunately the bus company said it's cheaper to charge them at night when electricity costs the least.

My only complaint as a user (without considering any of the economics, or environmental impact) is that there has definitely been a bit of an adjustment period for the drivers - I've seen a few standing passengers go flying when the buses accelerate from zero like go-karts.

We had a scam in our city where our electric buses were being charged by Diesel Generators.

which city?

Boston had newish hybrid deisel trolleys until 2023, when they replaced with battery electric buses.

They claimed the catenary was too expensive to maintain, especially with roadwork. Meanwhile the battery electric buses are completely self-contained, independent, and there are multiple manufacturers.

I’m sure it didn’t help that they were over complicated. This was a new transit line where everyone wanted a subway, but it was too complicated. They needed more capacity than a bus, able to maneuver tight corners, electric to go through tunnels, and unconstrained in traffic. They created Frankenstein monster and called it “bus rapid transit”. Partly dedicated roadway, partly in traffic. Partly above ground, partly below ground. Partly deisel, partly trolley. Bigger than buses but articulated to fit through narrow streets

Understand that I'm from a different viewpoint as a Norwegian, but saw a diesel bus a few months back, and it was a weird blast from the past to see.

Nice, i really love electric bus, it doesn't stink and it's quiet. My city rolled out some half decade ago, but it doesn't last as the company that made it(Chinese) doesn't support it anymore. Then we got another batch like last year i think. Hopefully this one last.

Does anyone feel like electric buses are a type of green washing?

I like EVs, but do they make sense for something that needs to be on the road all day? Is replacing a couple hundred diesel buses bringing thousands around a day really what should be getting targeted?

Every little helps and all, but doesn't seem like it should be considered a bug deal.

So has mine! Although the buses in my city are hybrid, not fully electric.

Edinburgh rolled them out somewhere in 2017 i think? Most of the buses are still diesel powered

Bravo but can we not put big-ass stickers on the windows please