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The first battery electric Xcelsior buses were a powertrain option within the regular Xcelsior line; development was announced in 2011, a prototype was shown in 2012, and regular production began in 2014. [10] The original battery electric Xcelsior bus, offered as an XE40, used a permanent magnet traction motor built by Siemens. [11]
The contract includes 24 Xcelsior 40-foot buses (24 EUs) and 20 Xcelsior 60-foot buses (40 EUs). The contract was supported by a combination of federal, state, and local funding and was added to New Flyer’s backlog in Q3 2024.
This summer, in a sign of its long-term plans for e-buses, Metro Transit opened a new bus garage in the North Loop of Minneapolis that was designed with charging in mind.
In 2017, the MTA tested a fleet of ten forty-foot battery electric buses – five from New Flyer and five from Proterra, the XE40 Xcelsior CHARGE and Catalyst BE40 models respectively. These were all leases, which expired in 2021. [ 24 ]
1941 Western Flyer. New Flyer was founded by John Coval in 1930 as the Western Auto and Truck Body Works Ltd in Manitoba. The company began producing buses in 1937, selling their first full buses to Grey Goose Bus Lines in 1937, [1] before releasing their Western Flyer bus model in 1941, prompting the company to change its name to Western Flyer Coach in 1948.
The investment will allow New Flyer to manufacture zero-emissions buses, including battery-electric, fuel-cell electric, and trolley-electric buses for the Canadian market. _____ 1 NFI’s transit bus production is measured in, or based on, “equivalent units” (or "EUs"). One EU represents one production “slot”, being one 35- foot or 40 ...
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The buses, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Commissioner Katrina Kessler said, will give students a "clean and cool new ride" and add to the state's small but growing fleet of electric buses.