California's transit agencies are moving away from diesel to zero-emission buses, such as battery-powered and hydrogen fuel-cell options, to meet a statewide mandate by 2040. Despite the push for greener technology, manufacturing challenges and funding limitations threaten to sideline existing fleets. While agencies are predominantly investing in battery-powered buses, issues like obsolescence of components and unreliable hydrogen fuel cells complicate transitions. The County Connection transit authority has experienced some success with early electric buses but encountered significant issues with communication failures in their induction charging system, which could derail planned routes if not addressed.
However, the modems on County Connection's eco-friendly buses stopped communicating with its induction charging system roughly six months ago.
Most agencies are investing more heavily in battery-powered buses, but components of that pioneering equipment are already becoming obsolete, which is throttling the nation's first all-electric, inductively charged bus routes.
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