Biz Briefs covers the latest supplier news in the motorcoach and public transit industries.

In METRO's latest installment, we take a look at the latest news from suppliers including MCI, Clean Energy, and more.

Clean Energy Adds Several RNG Contracts

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced a slew of new deals with transit fleets and municipalities across the country to transition their vehicles to ultra-clean, renewable natural gas (RNG). 

Under these new agreements, Clean Energy will build and upgrade fueling infrastructure; maintain and operate station sites; or provide RNG fuel for public buses, refuse trucks, street sweepers, and other vocational vehicles that serve the community.

New contract details include:

• The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) signed a new maintenance agreement covering several fueling locations. The stations are expected to fuel over 940 natural gas buses and supply approximately 11.5 million gallons annually.

• Clean Energy has been awarded a competitive RNG supply contract with Interurban Transit Partnership (The Rapid) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Rapid currently operates 100 natural gas buses and plans to expand its fleet over the next five years. The agreement includes the supply of 1.1 million gallons of RNG annually, along with operation and maintenance services for its fueling sites.

• Trinity Metro, serving Fort Worth and surrounding cities in Tarrant County, Texas, has entered into an RNG supply agreement with Clean Energy to fuel 190 of its buses. Awarded through a competitive bid, the deal extends Clean Energy’s existing maintenance partnership with the agency and will provide approximately 2.1 million gallons of RNG annually.

Clean Energy also announced it is partnering with bus manufacturer, GILLIG, to supply and fill every new bus that is delivered to a customer with RNG. This deal is forecasted to provide GILLIG with approximately 60,000 gallons annually.

Canada’s Metrolinx Adds MCI Coaches

Motor Coach Industries (MCI) secured a second order from Metrolinx, an agency of the Government of Ontario serving the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

The new firm order, received in the second quarter of 2025, consists of 97 additional 45-foot D45 CRT diesel commuter coaches, building on an initial purchase of 80 coaches announced in Q1 2025. 

The expanded order brings Metrolinx’s total commitment to 177 MCI coaches, further equipping the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area with reliable, high-capacity transportation as the region continues to grow.

Visa Brings Google Pay Integration to Fleet Cards

Visa announced the addition of Google Pay tokenization and push-to-wallet, which will address the long-standing challenge of fleet data tags being tied solely to the plastic card chip. 

Now, fleet data tags can be configured by the issuer, fintech, or processor, allowing custom data tags to be dynamically provisioned during the tokenization process. Once loaded into Google Pay with these fleet data tags, Visa’s contactless specification helps ensure that token payment data and fleet data tags are transmitted to the point of sale (POS) and actioned upon seamlessly. 

Historically, the end-user experience has been manual and inconsistent, as existing fleet tokens did not function optimally for drivers at Fuel POS terminals due to missing fleet instructions for prompting and purchase restrictions. Visa’s tokenization capabilities, now available for Google Pay, solve this pain point by quickly enabling spend through digital credential push-to-wallet, card-on-file merchants, and Click to Pay. 

With Apple Pay and Google Pay enabled for Visa Fleet Tokenization, approximately 92% of smartphones globally are compatible, based on global market share and NFC capability, Visa said.