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‘Green’ agenda dealt a set back when Paris parks 149 electric buses after two are engulfed in flames

May 2, 2022 | | Print Article

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The Green agenda of newly reelected globalist French President Emmanuel Macron as well as the socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, might perhaps have suffered a major setback after two, nearly 39-foot-long electric public transportation vehicles separately caught fire in April.

“Dozens of electric buses will be taken off the streets of Paris temporarily ‘as a precaution’ after two of the vehicles caught fire, public transport operator RATP said Friday,” France24/Agence France-Presse reported on Friday, April 29.

“Following a second blaze on Friday morning, in which no one was hurt, ‘RATP has taken the decision to suspend use of 149 electric buses” of manufacturer Bollore’s Bluebus 5SE model, the state-owned company said.”

Social media captured some footage of the blaze. According to one user, “The Paris Transport Authority bought a bunch of electric buses to look green and apparently rushed the bid and now buses are randomly exploding in Paris.”

“The number 71 bus that caught fire in southeast Paris early Friday released thick clouds of black smoke and a strong smell of burning plastic, according to an AFP journalist on the scene. ‘The bus driver immediately evacuated all the passengers. Nobody was hurt,’ RATP said, while the city fire service said the blaze was put out by around 30 firefighters,” the news outlet added.

No injuries occurred in the first incident, on April 4, either, fortunately.

RATP has called upon Bollore to provide an explanation for what happened and to offer a plan for how the buses can be put back into service in a safe manner. As of this writing, the cause of the infernos has not been officially announced. In a statement, Bollore has indicated that it has mobilized its staff to determine the origin of the fires.

RATP is the government-run, Paris-area regional transit authority, which reportedly includes 500 electric buses, provided by three different manufacturers, in its fleet of 4,700 such vehicles.

The first bus caught fire on the upscale Boulevard Saint-Germain area in central Paris, while the second incident occurred near the national library.

“Bluebus is part of the sprawling empire of French billionaire Vincent Bollore, whose interests range from transport and logistics to media, generating around 24 billion euros ($25 billion) per year in revenue with 80,000 employees,” France24 claimed. “Bollore’s 12-metre (39-foot) electric buses are a familiar sight on the streets of the French capital, emblazoned with the words ‘100 percent electric vehicle.'”

Bollore’s website asserts that the 100-percent-electric Bluebus, which comes in two sizes and is manufactured in Brittany in western France, an area bordered to the north by the English Channel, provides “A clean and silent solution for urban and suburban public transport,” and that it “meets environmental challenges and combines high technology, design and performance.”

Here is some more purported footage from Paris:

 

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17 thoughts on “‘Green’ agenda dealt a set back when Paris parks 149 electric buses after two are engulfed in flames”

  1. I remember seeing a video of a prius getting hit by lighting, It hit right where the battery is ?

  2. That looked DANGEROUS! What a scary mess! Could you imagine being inside that bus? How about walking by with your baby in a stroller or your pup on a leash? Maybe the technology is not quite ready yet? Maybe an incremental shift would be wise? Perhaps more research and development on the EVs and continue with fossil fuels until the rollout is safe?

  7. After I stopped laughing I figured I’d make a comment. And THIS is what they want to do to our country?? Here in Upstate NY it’s not even feasible to go “green”. I can just imagine an ambulance trying to get through to save someone and the battery dying. No thanks.

  8. I had the weirdest dream aeveral weeks ago about electric vehicles all over the US blowing up and shutting down because they went through water and shorted, or they caused electrical fires in garages. Everyone got electrocuted. Unfounded maybe, but it turns out my instinct that they are not safe was right.

  9. Look what we have to look forward to. Biden/Mayor Pete are rushing this to be done.

  12. Forgot to mention your able to stay warm on the busses in the french winters,,,FJB,,,,,
    sympl1

  13. Nothing says green energy like poisonous gases from burning batteries in your neighborhood!

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