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Newsby StaffAugust 15, 2017

New Flyer advances 2nd-year production of SEPTA diesel-electric hybrids

The buses will be deployed in the City of Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs of Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks, and Chester, supporting four million people living in and around southeastern Pennsylvania.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 16, 2017

N.Y.'s NICE to add 33 New Flyer buses

Twenty-eight 40-foot buses will replace existing buses in the NICE fleet that have reached the end of their useful life, while five 60-foot buses will be used on the customer's new bus rapid transit line, scheduled to start service in 2017.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 13, 2017

New Flyer receives order for up to 21 Valley Metro RPTA buses

Ten XN60 buses will be use as replacement buses for RPTA’s fleet that have reached the end of their useful life.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 9, 2017

New Flyer to deliver 100 Xcelsior buses to Houston METRO

The contract for this new order of XD40’s is valued at approximately $46.8 million and will be used to replace some of METRO’s transit buses that have reached the end of their useful life. Delivery of these buses is planned for 2018.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2016

Utah Transit to add 35 more 60-foot New Flyer Xcelsiors

The firm and option quantities for this award were mentioned in the company's 2016 third quarter results announced on Nov. 11, 2016 , and therefore, have already been accounted for in New Flyer's backlog.

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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2016

S.F. exercises option for 167 more New Flyer Xcelsior buses

Valued at nearly $153 million, it includes orders for 98 40-foot diesel-electric hybrid buses and 69 (138 EU) 60-foot diesel-electric hybrid buses.

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Newsby StaffNovember 25, 2016

Canada's London Transit adding 28 New Flyer Xcelsior buses

The award is part of a contract extension from a Nov. 13, 2014 LTC contract, awarded to New Flyer, whereby a one-year extension on the contract was exercisable at the discretion of LTC.

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Newsby StaffNovember 21, 2016

New Flyer to deliver 23 Xcelsior buses to S.C.'s The Comet

The 35-foot buses will replace the existing fleet at The Comet, upgrading older buses that are ready for retirement to the Xcelsior platform, with eight 40-foot Xcelsior buses will be used to expand the existing fleet.

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Newsby StaffJuly 12, 2016

New Flyer to equip Columbia, S.C. fleet with 75 Xcelsior buses

The five-year contract is with The Comet, formerly known as the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2015

Calif. purchase incentives now available for New Flyer electric buses

The Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project was created by the California Air Resources Board to speed the early market introduction of clean, low-carbon hybrid and electric vehicles and is administered and implemented through a partnership with CALSTART.

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