The Great Green Scam! $5 million loss for Asheville as flawed electric buses sit idle

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(WLOS) – The city of Asheville’s purchase of five electric buses in 2018 has turned into a multi-million-dollar loss. The buses have been broken or unable to run because of software and/or mechanical issues, making them an expensive and disappointing purchase, according to city maintenance and transportation staff.

Currently, three of the five buses are idled, with one that has had a broken double door since July.

“We haven’t been able to get new doors,” Asheville’s interim transportation director Jessica Morriss said. “There’s no third party that makes a door. We’d have to get custom-made doors.”

Each of the buses cost the city $616,796-plus. Morriss said additional costs included more than…

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