You really can’t make this stuff up.
It sure seems like the government at every level is happy to pour money into electric vehicles. It sure seems like, too much of the time, their efforts are for naught. Asheville, North Carolina is the latest city to learn this lesson when they spent millions on electric city buses that won’t run.
The city of Asheville, North Carolina, shelled out millions of dollars in 2018 to add five electric buses to its fleet. Now, three of the five sit idle, and city employees are telling the cautionary tale.
Asheville’s interim transportation director, Jessica Morriss, told local station WLOS-TV that the three out-of-commission buses are down due to a combination of software issues and mechanical problems, and one has had a broken door since July that can’t be replaced.
“We haven’t been able to get new doors,” Morriss told the outlet. “There’s no third…
