TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY REPLACES CAMPUS BUSES WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES|東海大學校內巴士 全面改用電動公車

The Tunghai University in Taichung City is making a big change in the new semester. Instead of using diesel, the three campus buses were converted into electrical vehicles. In addition to continue providing convenient services for students and visitors, the upgrade also helped in the effort of carbon reduction, reducing vehicle emissions to stop air pollution. Here's a look. This bus is different, it's one of the campus buses, powered by electricity. Taichung's Tunghai University has 134 acres, between colleges and schools, it takes at least ten minutes by walking. If you get on the campus bus, it takes only ten minutes from the Luce Chapel to the campus farm. ==CHANG, Tunghai University Student== It takes about 20 or 30 minutes by walking. The electric bus is very convenient, really, because our campus is really big. The electric campus bus comes every 15 minutes, no more rushing for students, and most importantly, no more vehicle emissions. ==HSU, Tunghai University Student== You feel lots of shaking in the diesel-powered bus, and the smell is very bad. It smells like emissions from regular buses. Tunghai University has approximately 5,000 visitors a day, the electric campus buses also offer convenience to visitors. ==MEMBER OF PUBLIC== There won't be much exhaust gas in the campus. It used to have a lot of smells from vehicle emissions. The campus bus is convenient, otherwise, it's too hot for tourists to walk. Tunghai University is the first academic institution making power conversions to campus buses. However, this operation costs millions of dollars. Will Tunghai become a model for other schools to adopt? Will it be cost-effective? Let's wait and find out. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 上車了！這台公車很不一樣，它是校園內的電動接駁公車。台中東海大學校園有134公頃，各校區和學院間，徒步至少要走上十分鐘，搭上電動公車，從路思義教堂到牧場，不用10分鐘。 ==張同學== 走的 大概二三十分鐘吧 （電動公車)就是滿方便的 真的 因為我們學校真的很大 每15分鐘一班的接駁公車，讓學生可以放心跨學院選課，最重要的是，再也不必吸廢氣。 ==許同學== 柴油的就是會抖抖抖一直震 等車就是會有很重的 公車那種廢氣味 目前每天進入東海大學校園的遊客，每天估計有5千人次，校園內的電動公車，也方便遊客往來校園內各景點。 ==民眾== 整個東海比較不會有很多廢氣 不然以前公車在這邊 真的廢氣很多 （電動公車)方便 不然他們遊客(用走的)很熱 東海大學創全國之先，校內接駁公車改電動，不過初期營運成本要數百萬，能不能在各校園推廣，還要看上路後的效益。 記者 黃千容 賴世杰 台中報導