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The Proterra EcoRide BE35 is a 35 foot (11 m) (nominal length) fast-charge battery electric bus that seats 38 (including the driver) with a total passenger capacity of 60 in its composite low floor body. Foothill Transit was the first transit agency to operate the buses in revenue service, starting in September 2010.
The Proterra EcoRide was the first battery-electric bus offered by Proterra, first shown as a prototype at the 2008 APTA Expo in San Diego with a 35-foot (11 m) long composite body and range-extending hydrogen fuel cell auxiliary power unit (APU). [8]: 34 The first EcoRide BE35, which omitted the APU, toured several cities in California in 2009 ...
UQM-Powered Proterra Transit Bus Passes Rigorous FTA New Model Bus Testing Program Proterra EcoRide™ BE35 is the first heavy-duty electric bus to pass FTA Altoona bus testing Well-known Altoona ...
A startup called Proterra has been working on electric buses for years, and its latest model has a pretty impressive range. Its Catalyst E2 Series buses can drive up to 350 miles on a single ...
Proterra, a maker of electric vehicles, unveiled an all-electric bus that can charge in 10 minutes. The company unveiled its EcoRide BE35 at its plant in Greenville, S.C., on Dec. 16. The bus will ...
In 2014 Proterra introduced the Catalyst, a fast-charge 100% electric bus to replace the EcoRide BE35. The bus was built on the EcoRide's design and engineering and delivered a longer, lighter and more fuel-efficient bus. The second-generation bus measures either 42 ft (12.8 m) or 36 ft (11.0 m) and weighs approximately 27,000 lb (12,000 kg).
In 2017, each Proterra XR-Plus bus costs approximately $719,000 with a battery lease. [5] Beginning in the Fall 2020 semester, campus bus routes and times were altered in order to prepare for electric buses across all routes, as the electric buses need some down-time to charge while in service.
The bankruptcy of bus maker Proterra has set back Raleigh-Durham International Airport’s efforts to go electric. RDU wants more electric shuttle buses. Why it’s having a hard time finding them.