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CCW Completes Nation’s First 60-Foot Bus Rehab to Battery Electric

The company now offers customers a 605 kWh lithium ion NMC battery and powertrain solution to support larger and heavier vehicles that will easily haul their significantly higher passenger loads.

by Staff
January 18, 2022
CCW Completes Nation’s First 60-Foot Bus Rehab to Battery Electric

Since 2012, CCW has converted more than 70, 30-foot, 35-foot, and 40-foot fossil fueled transit buses to battery electric.

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Complete Coach Works (CCW) announced the Nation’s first conversion of a 60-foot articulated diesel-powered bus to battery electric for TriMet.

CCW combined the Voith Electrical Drive System with CCW’s own Zero Emission Propulsion System (ZEPS) battery technology to solve the electric conversion challenge in a 60-foot articulated workhorse transit bus.

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Since 2012, CCW has converted more than 70, 30-foot, 35-foot, and 40-foot fossil fueled transit buses to battery electric. The company offers 403 kWh and 504 kWh lithium ion NMC battery packs.

CCW now offers customers a 605 kWh lithium ion NMC battery and powertrain solution to support larger and heavier vehicles that will easily haul their significantly higher passenger loads.

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