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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Krisher and Mark Thiessen

Global race to boost electric vehicle range in cold weather

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Alaska’s rugged and frigid interior, where it can get as cold as minus 50 Fahrenheit (minus 46 Celsius), is not the place you’d expect to find an electric school bus.

But here is Bus No. 50, with a cartoon horse decal on its side, quietly traversing about 40 miles of snowy and icy roads each day in Tok, shuttling students to school not far from the Canadian border.

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