Tag: vehicle purchase

January 10, 2020

Long Beach Transit (LBT), a longstanding customer of BYD’s, will purchase an additional 14 K9M 40-foot, battery-electric transit buses from the company. LBT’s board voted to increase the number of BYD buses in its fleet from 10 to 24. The […]

April 23, 2019

Proterra announced that the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) purchased six 40-foot Catalyst® E2 electric buses and three 60 kW Proterra plug-in chargers, joining a growing list of airports across North America transitioning to electric buses for airport ground transportation. […]

November 15, 2018

New Flyer of America Inc. announced that Brazos Transit District (BTD), along with Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS), awarded the company a new contract for up to 28 heavy-duty, 35-foot Xcelsior® clean-diesel transit buses over the next five years. […]

October 30, 2018

San Diego’s Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) awarded New Flyer a new contract for six 40-foot, zero-emission, battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE™ heavy-duty transit buses. The purchase, supported by competitive state grants, California’s Cap-and-Trade Program, and the Road Repair and Accountability Act of […]

June 7, 2018

GreenPower Motor Co. Inc. received an order for 100 buses from Creative Bus Sales, the U.S.’s largest bus dealer for sales, parts, and service and GreenPower’s exclusive authorized factory representative. “This 100 bus order represents our largest order to date,” […]

September 6, 2017

Grande West Transportation received a new order for 17 Vicinity buses from BC Transit, totaling approximately $4.8 million. The buses are set for delivery in 2018. “2017 is proving to be an exciting year for our partnership with BC Transit, […]

July 7, 2017

Brampton Transit awarded New Flyer a contract for 14 (or 28 equivalent units) Xcelsior® clean diesel powered, 60-foot articulated heavy-duty buses. “We are proud to support the expansion of Züm infrastructure in the city of Brampton,” stated Paul Smith, New […]

June 15, 2017

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which manages the transportation network, announced that the Board of Supervisors voted to authorize the acquisition of 185 40-foot trolley buses to replace Muni’s aging fleet. The new vehicles will replace buses currently […]

February 3, 2017

Walnut Creek, Calif.’s Central Contra Costa Transit Authority received four Gillig buses, powered by BAE Systems’ electric propulsion and accessory systems. The all-electric buses were secured through funding from a Federal Transit Administration 2012 Clean Fuels grant as well as […]

January 18, 2017

King County Metro announced plans to purchase up to 73 all-electric battery buses from Proterra at a cost of up to $55 million, starting with 20 buses totaling $15.12 million. Charging stations to support the initial orders of those buses […]

December 15, 2016

The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) awarded New Flyer a contract for up to 35 (or 70 equivalent units or EUs) 60-foot New Flyer Xcelsior® diesel-electric hybrid buses. The contract includes a firm order for 25 (50 EUs) 60-foot diesel-electric hybrid […]

November 2, 2016

Siemens received an order for 45 new S70 light rail vehicles (LRVs) from the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS). The new vehicles will allow service enhancements on existing rail lines and provide the necessary LRVs to operate the 11-mile […]