Chiang Mai University goes green with 40 new electric buses

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Chiang Mai University goes green with 40 new electric buses

By The Nation

 

 

Chiang Mai University on Sunday rolled out 40 new electric buses, bought at a cost of over Bt50 million. These buses will be used instead of the old electric buses, which had provided services to 5.7 million people.

 

Clinical Professor Niwes Nantachit, president of Chiang Mai University, said lithium iron phosphate batteries enabled the buses to provide services with a daily one-time charge.

 

He said these electric buses would provide services throughout the university area every day from 7am to 10pm, adding that it could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1,650 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

 

 

"Each electric bus can accommodate up to 16 passengers, while passengers can check the electric bus locations, routes, and number of passengers inside via CMU Mobile smartphone application," he said.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/edandtech/30401001

 

 

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[RichardColeman]

16 minutes ago, webfact said:

Each electric bus can accommodate up to 16 passengers

About the same as a pick up then

[fangless]

Going by the photo the students are aging quickly.  Could it be something to do with the poor air quality in CM?

[BritManToo]

Should they be sitting that close to each other?

[Venom]

Meanwhile they are burning everything in sight so they can drive around their little electric buses in the smog. ????????

[Lt Frank Bullitt]

"These buses will be used instead of the old electric buses" 

So they were already green, just an upgrade? 

[fangless]

8 minutes ago, Lt Frank Bullitt said:

"These buses will be used instead of the old electric buses" 

So they were already green, just an upgrade? 

I wonder what the "carbon footprint" is in disposing/scrapping the old busses, especially the batteries?

[wpcoe]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

...it could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1,650 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Per day?  Per month?  Per year?  Per their expected useful life?