The total contract includes a firm order for 186 Xcelsior CHARGE NG heavy-duty transit buses.
The buses will be delivered over a three-year period starting in 2025.
While “alternative fuels” are now ubiquitous with transit, there are many options for transit operations to choose from and determining the right solution for the right route is now more important than ever.
The move to zero-emission buses will require investments to work with local utilities to upgrade power supplies, install charging equipment and supporting infrastructure, and more.
The new Nova LFSe+ Electric bus is the first of 15 new buses that will more than quadruple TransLink’s battery-electric bus fleet from four to 19 over the next year.
Capital Transit was the first agency in Alaska to purchase an electric bus in spring 2021. The seven GILLIG buses will add to their fleet of 18 buses, which are predominantly diesel buses manufactured by GILLIG.
The comprehensive testing assesses key performance areas, such as maintainability, reliability, safety, structural integrity, noise, fuel economy, and emissions.
In January 2022, TransLink adopted its first-ever Climate Action Strategy, putting the transportation authority on the path to net-zero emissions by 2050 and a 45% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2030.
Pace anticipates that passengers will begin riding on electric vehicles in 2023, once Pace has had time to test the technology and implement safety policies and procedures.
With the recent availability of funding to our public transit agencies for zero-emission vehicles and infrastructure, there is a lot of interest and conversation about what we can collectively do to drive sustainability.
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