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Britain's e-bus ticking timebomb: How nearly TWO THOUSAND electric buses worth £800m face urgent recall over fears they could see burst into flames

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13141825/Britains-e-bus-ticking-timebomb-nearly-TWO-THOUSAND-electric-buses-worth-800m-face-urgent-recall-fears-burst-flames.html

... All of the affected vehicles were manufactured between May 3, 2019 and February 6, 2024. They all contain batteries supplied by Chinese firm BYD. ...

They were bought because London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced in 2021 that all new buses in London must be 'zero emission'.

... Such is the level of threat posed by electric bus fires, London Fire Brigade is currently re-writing its operations manual on dealing with such incidents. ...

This "green" stuff is a scam, but it seems specifically a scam tied to the CCP. There are other "zero emission" technologies, like hydrogen fuel cells, that have been around for a few decades. I don't know the current status of them, but they did have some fuel cell powered buses (Ballard Power Systems) in Vancouver in the 1980s. Hydrogen is way, way, safer than spontaneously combusting lithium batteries.

Seems fishy that so much of the "new" electric vehicles magically and mysteriously tied to China when other options exist.