The purchase is in line with the MTA's goal of transitioning its entire 5,800 bus fleet to zero-emission vehicles by 2040.
The buses will be delivered over a three-year period.
A look at 2022's Bus Showcase, which took place at APTA Mobility in May.
The MTA Selection Committee unanimously recommended an award of the buses to Nova Bus based on evaluation criteria such as overall project cost, and delivery.
The METRO Board authorized the immediate purchase of 20 of those electric buses and this order will be its first electric bus purchase on a total fleet of 1,300.
Powered with up to 564 kWh on onboard energy, the LFSe+ will soon be in the streets of several cities across America, including Broome County, in the state of N.Y.
In this new role, she will lead the sales, marketing, bids and proposal, sales engineering, and product management teams.
The deal includes the purchase of at least 100 new clean-diesel buses and options to purchase an additional 500 buses.
Additionally, Nova Bus service and distribution centers remain open and operational.
The first pilots will be delivered in May 2020 and the rest of the deliveries will begin in December 2020 and to be completed in 2021.
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