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Featured Work starts on new battery-electric B.C. Ferries vessels

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Tideland Prius, Jul 17, 2024 at 4:52 PM.

  1. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Work starts on new battery-electric B.C. Ferries vessels - Victoria Times Colonist
     
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  2. Mendel Leisk

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    First sentence in the article:

    Construction has begun on the first two of B.C. Ferries’ new battery-electric hybrid Island-class vessels.

    The term “hybrid” in particular: is it pure electric propulsion or there’s still an engine?

    kinda sad they can’t be built locally.