USA: Chicago Transit Board awarded Proterra a $32m contract on June 13 for the supply of 20 electric buses.
Due to arrive in 2018-20, the buses will be used on routes 66 and 124. The order follows CTA’s testing of two electric buses since 2014.
The contract includes the installation of five fast charging stations at Navy Pier, Chicago/Austin and the Chicago Avenue depot, which will charge the bus batteries in 5 to 10 min. The buses will have a range of 120 to 190 km.
USA: Portland transport agency TriMet has awarded New Flyer of America a contract to supply five battery buses, the manufacturer announced on September 28. The order is being partly financed through a Federal Transit Administration grant. New Flyer will supply its 12 m Xcelsior model, under a contract that ...
USA: New Flyer of America is to supply 18 m long articulated electric buses to Twin Cities operator Metro Transit for use on the C Line rapid bus route, which is due to open in 2019. To be assembled at New Flyer’s factory in St Cloud, Minnesota, the Xcelsior ...
USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has approved contracts for the supply of 95 electric buses for use on its two bus rapid transit routes. BYD is to supply 12 m buses to be used on the Silver Line. The $45m contract covers 60 buses, spare parts and ...
