Metropolitan electric buses quickly turned into “rusty buckets”
- July 5, 2022
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Images of the deplorable condition of the bodies of electric buses used in the capital have leaked to the network. Electric buses, the favorite “toy” of the Moscow
Images of the deplorable condition of the bodies of electric buses used in the capital have leaked to the network. Electric buses, the favorite “toy” of the Moscow Deptrans, for the sake of which the good old trolleybus was completely eliminated in Moscow, turned out to be something like “golden apples” with putrefaction. Or rather, with rust. Portal “AvtoVzglyad” provides details.
Note that from the very beginning of the history of electric buses in the public transport of the capital, they were criticized for the fact that each of them cost the city budget about three times more than the usual diesel bus – something about 10 million rubles. In addition, the lion’s share of the price of electric trains delivered to Moscow by KamAZ was occupied by the cost of a Chinese battery.
In addition, quite a bit of money has been spent from the city budget on the realization of charging stations for electric buses. But the city authorities ignored all these accusations and assured that they were ready for any sacrifice of Moscow taxpayers’ money for their own environmental happiness and the replacement of hundreds of diesel buses with “green” electric buses. But in the very first winter of using eco-friendly Chinese-KAMAZ “buses”, the Muscovites were surprised to find that fashionable public transport burns diesel in the same way as good old diesel buses!
It turned out that in the cold, the batteries freeze and cannot produce electricity in the quantities necessary for the movement of the electric bus and the operation of its on-board systems.
For heating “batteries” they have come up with nothing better than a heater on a non-environmentally friendly diesel engine! The PR people at Deptrans somehow managed to muffle the noise in social networks on this subject, and until recently, only blissfully sugary materials appeared with an excessive degree of tolerance, environmental friendliness and dominance of the future in the media about Moscow electric buses. But recently, the beautiful picture was once again violated.
A number of telegram stations have, as it were, published the ins and outs of the blue Moscow electric transport. The photo shows that the bodies of cars that have been used on urban lines for three years are covered in a thick layer of rough rust. And not pointed, but almost completely: starting at the wheel arches and ending at the window frames.
Note that for an electric bus, the body itself plays the role of the supporting part of the structure. And if rust causes serious damage to, for example, the pillars between which the windows sit, the structural strength of the car and thus the safety of passengers, will be a big question. A similar “result” on a three-year-old car can be achieved in a way proven by the Soviet auto industry: use the cheapest or frankly substandard factory paint.
Or don’t prime the body, but smear the blue “Deptrans” color scheme directly onto the bare metal. After three years in Moscow reagents, it will naturally rust to just about such terrifying conditions. There is also another no less plausible version of such rapid rusting of electric bus bodies. It’s called electrochemical corrosion. Even the highest quality body paint offers no protection against this.
It is caused by electrical currents flowing out of the machine’s electrical system. If this version of the sudden rusting of electric buses in Moscow is correct, it means that their electrical part is teeming with short circuit points “to the body”. That is, the design of the machine is not fully fleshed out, “cheese”, meaning it is potentially not safe for passengers who could receive electric shocks under appalling conditions.
We sincerely hope that our gloomy assumptions are not true and that the metropolitan Deptrans will resolve the situation and publish the results of a technical investigation into the reasons for such vigorous rusting of electric buses in Moscow.
photo: Russian car
photo: Russian car
photo: Russian car
photo: Russian car
Note that from the very beginning of the history of electric buses in the public transport of the capital, they were criticized for the fact that each of them cost the city budget about three times more than the usual diesel bus – something about 10 million rubles. In addition, the lion’s share of the price of electric trains delivered to Moscow by KamAZ was occupied by the cost of a Chinese battery.
In addition, quite a bit of money has been spent from the city budget on the realization of charging stations for electric buses. But the city authorities ignored all these accusations and assured that they were ready for any sacrifice of Moscow taxpayers’ money for their own environmental happiness and the replacement of hundreds of diesel buses with “green” electric buses. But in the very first winter of using eco-friendly Chinese-KAMAZ “buses”, the Muscovites were surprised to find that fashionable public transport burns diesel in the same way as good old diesel buses!
It turned out that in the cold, the batteries freeze and cannot produce electricity in the quantities necessary for the movement of the electric bus and the operation of its on-board systems.
For heating “batteries” they have come up with nothing better than a heater on a non-environmentally friendly diesel engine! The PR people at Deptrans somehow managed to muffle the noise in social networks on this subject, and until recently, only blissfully sugary materials appeared with an excessive degree of tolerance, environmental friendliness and dominance of the future in the media about Moscow electric buses. But recently, the beautiful picture was once again violated.
A number of telegram stations have, as it were, published the ins and outs of the blue Moscow electric transport. The photo shows that the bodies of cars that have been used on urban lines for three years are covered in a thick layer of rough rust. And not pointed, but almost completely: starting at the wheel arches and ending at the window frames.
Note that for an electric bus, the body itself plays the role of the supporting part of the structure. And if rust causes serious damage to, for example, the pillars between which the windows sit, the structural strength of the car and thus the safety of passengers, will be a big question. A similar “result” on a three-year-old car can be achieved in a way proven by the Soviet auto industry: use the cheapest or frankly substandard factory paint.
Or don’t prime the body, but smear the blue “Deptrans” color scheme directly onto the bare metal. After three years in Moscow reagents, it will naturally rust to just about such terrifying conditions. There is also another no less plausible version of such rapid rusting of electric bus bodies. It’s called electrochemical corrosion. Even the highest quality body paint offers no protection against this.
It is caused by electrical currents flowing out of the machine’s electrical system. If this version of the sudden rusting of electric buses in Moscow is correct, it means that their electrical part is teeming with short circuit points “to the body”. That is, the design of the machine is not fully fleshed out, “cheese”, meaning it is potentially not safe for passengers who could receive electric shocks under appalling conditions.
We sincerely hope that our gloomy assumptions are not true and that the metropolitan Deptrans will resolve the situation and publish the results of a technical investigation into the reasons for such vigorous rusting of electric buses in Moscow.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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