Green Commuter has placed three separate orders for EV Stars with the first order consisting of three vehicles, followed by two separate orders of 100 vehicles, for a total of 203 EV Stars.
Built to National Express’s Platinum standard, the 35-foot BYD ADL Enviro400EV offers extra legroom for up to 65 seated passengers as well as USB chargers and free Wi-Fi.
A total of 96 projects in 49 states and territories receive funding from FTA's Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program.
The 27,500-square-foot operations and maintenance facility will include parking for up to 67 public transit vehicles, as well as 84 visitor and employee vehicles, and will include five repair bays, parts storage, and locker rooms.
The research is the first of its kind to analyze the performance of such a large sample of buses (+100) consistently over several seasons and months, and to look separately at how much 40- and 60 foot-buses consume in cold, normal, and high temperatures.
The goal of the MOU is to ensure that 100% of all new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales be zero emission vehicles by 2050 with an interim target of 30% zero-emission vehicle sales in these categories of vehicles by 2030.
CARB requires all public transit agencies to submit a board approved Rollout Plan describing how they will gradually transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet.
With a capacity for 24 passengers and designed to hold enough battery charge for eight hours of service, trolleys electrified by Motiv are ideal for people moving services with predictable routes.
The first 19 of these zero-emission buses have now entered service in Birmingham, where the operator’s 80-year old Yardley Wood garage has been retrofitted with plug chargers for each bus.
Moves include adding Josh Helm as the company's new regional sales director of the Southeast U.S.