Calgary Transit goes electric as feds commit additional $325M for zero-emission buses
Calgary Transit goes electric as feds commit additional $325M for zero-emission buses
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Calgary Transit is on track to purchase 259 new electric buses after the federal government upped its funding commitment for the project to nearly $500 million.
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I'm curious where the batteries will come from and what the maintenance for those will be like. Hopefully it's something manageable.
I wonder if they'll have those electric brake sounds the train does. Mmmmeeeeeeeeppp
Probably China, like all other batteries. China has a huge fleet of electric busses already and has been running them for years. The logistical problems have already been solved, so it will largely be a matter of getting charging infrastructure built out at the transit sheds.