E-Bus Loses Power Going Up Hill, Rolls Backward, Hits Nine Cars
Electric vehicles sure do seem safe and effective. Or am I mixing my propaganda?
According to social media user Xian Ke, a Google-operated electric bus suffered a power loss on Monday morning while attempting to scale one of San Francisco’s many hills.
The out-of-control bus then rolled down the hill and crashed into nine vehicles.
Monday on X, formerly Twitter, Ke posted a 10-second clip of the crash’s aftermath [see the CCD article.
From the video, it appeared that the bus had driven two vehicles onto a wide sidewalk. One of the vehicles looked wedged between a tree and a concrete or metal pole.
The side of the gray bus proudly featured the words “100 percent Battery Electric.”
Ke explained that the video and incident description came from a friend.
“Some local journalists need to be on this: ‘A Google bus lost its power while going up the hill and rolled back and hit nine cars this morning outside of my place’ (Castro district, SF). Video from my friend below,” Ke posted.
The California Bay Area news outlet KTVU reported that the crash resulted in one hospitalization and multiple damaged vehicles.
According to that same report, however, the crash’s cause “remains under investigation.” Indeed, “[neither] the SFPD nor Google explained what caused the collision.”
Fancy that. Neither Google nor the police would confirm what an eyewitness reported: The electric bus lost power.
Good thing the bus did not write an anti-white manifesto and then murder Christians. In that case, we wouldn’t know about it until the bus’s manifesto leaked seven months later.
Even the KTVU story seemed subtly calculated to protect the EV narrative. In the first line of that story, the word “electric” appeared in quotation marks, as if that part of the story somehow remained in doubt.
And when did Google get into the transportation business?
In any case, the reaction on social media was predictably sarcastic.
The electric vehicle issue has always struck me as simple. If you want one, purchase one. I wish you well.
But the people who push those vehicles with relentless ferocity also believe that we can alter the weather by giving more power to people like themselves.
In short, they lie.
And they enlist others — tech companies, establishment media, and even local police — to amplify the lie.
Thus, when they demand that we all switch to EVs, their demand alone amounts to mathematical proof that we must not.
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Dave
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EVs,Unsafe at any speed!🔥🔥🔥
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Howdy
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Obviously the brakes are electric, and don’t default to applied in case of total power failure…
In view of the fact these systems are not failsafe, perhaps the good old fashioned mechanical handbrake might have been prudent to retain? Ah, like computers, ‘legacy’ is no longer forward thinking, or ‘modern’.
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VOWG
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What, no manual brake application on the vehicle in the event of a problem, any problem? Even the cheapest car built has a parking brake/emergency brake.
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Howdy
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Electric parking brake is prevalent, even on older cars, VOWG. Electric motor powered, so no control over application pressure (no handbrake turns), and likely can’t be applied under motion because it’s a loss of control risk. This does mean however, an auto-release facility can be included so hill starts are child’s play even for those who have difficulty doing them (rolleyes).
A nuisance when doing rear pads as one has to pretend to drive off, where the system will release the rear wheels when it detects an attempt to move under engine power.
Yes I know there are technical methods to achieve the same end, this is the layman’s version.
Assisted boot closing, door closing, seat adjusting, steering, reversing…Ever get the feeling all this automation, even before mass market EVs were about, had a purpose? People can’t do things without nanny being present of course.
Give me the ratcheting parking lever and push handle glove box every time.
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Howdy
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Just to clarify, I’m addressing European vehicles. Can’t speak for US etc.
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