Seneca

Seneca and Rock Hill launched EV bus fleets that promised free, clean public transportation to their most vulnerable residents. Things haven't worked out as hoped.

Seneca claimed the nation's first all-electric city bus fleet when the fleet launched in 2015. A bankruptcy by the EV battery maker Proterra, however, led to maintenance issues the city could not afford to address.

“S” is for Seneca [Oconee County; population 7,652]. Founded in 1873, as Seneca City, the town took its name from an earlier Indian village and the nearby…