July 29th, 2019 | by Jennifer Sensiba
Officials continue to adopt electric buses to serve transit needs in cities all over the world. In the latest news, Los Angeles and Seoul are the latest to jump aboard. Los Angeles is buying 40, while Seoul is buying
April 18th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Electric bus announcements seem to pop up almost daily now. The latest one is from Oregon.New Flyer of America (New Flyer), which is a subsidiary of NFI Group, North America's largest bus manufacturer, has delivered a zero-emission battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE bus to the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet)
April 18th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
New Flyer of America Inc. (“New Flyer”), a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc. (“NFI”), the largest bus manufacturer in North America, today announced that New Flyer Infrastructure SolutionsTM has successfully deployed two rapid, on-route chargers along New York City Transit Authority’s (“NYCT”) M42 route. This marks the completion of the first on-route charging solution in the United States that uses a globally recognized system to allow vehicle and charging equipment interoperability to common interfaces
March 25th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA – March 25, 2019: (TSX: NFI) New Flyer of America Inc. (“New Flyer”), a U.S. subsidiary [&hellip
November 1st, 2018 | by Kyle Field
The race into fully electric long range buses is heating up as San Diego puts in an order for 6 of New Flyer's new 40 -oot buses
September 15th, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
I enjoyed a ride on the New Flyer XcelsiorÆ electric bus thanks to the Sierra Club a couple of years ago. The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority was collaborating with the Sierra Club on demos of future bus investments. The benefits of 100% electric transit are varied — they significantly limit toxic fumes and dirty particulates, the reduces headaches and asthma as a result, they're quieter and comfier thanks to the smooth electric powertrain, and they eliminate reliance on expensive gasoline and diesel fuel
December 21st, 2017 | by James Ayre
New York's Columbia University will soon be home to 6 fully electric New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE buses, now slated to go into service in 2018 as part of Columbia University’s Intercampus Shuttle network. This news follows a deal between New Flyer of America and Academy Bus
June 19th, 2017 | by Cynthia Shahan
Colorado is sometimes at the forefront of policies to protect clean air and the environment. As part of that and its effort to bring good jobs to the state, Colorado's one of the top states for solar energy. It also offers perhaps the best electric car incentives in the nation. Now, some in the state are also looking to clean up their buses. A nice bit of news in this regard comes from Aspen.
February 9th, 2016 | by Cynthia Shahan
Smoothly traveling 1,150 miles, New Flyer has completed 1,800 electric bus passenger rides, and 11 in-service demonstrations in Miami–Dade County, [&hellip
February 3rd, 2016 | by James Ayre
Originally published on EV Obsession. Following the recent and positive completion of an electric bus trial program, the Chicago Transit Authority [&hellip
January 27th, 2016 | by Cynthia Shahan
Yesterday morning, I enjoyed a ride in the New Flyer XcelsiorÆ Electric Bus, a zero-emissions bus that was being explored by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit [&hellip
