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Nova Bus Corporation

Nova Bus has earned the highest reputation for overcoming the challenges of modern city transportation by manufacturing robust products that have become known as the industry workhorses: the LFS range of buses.
100 Industriel Blvd
St-Eustache, QC J7R 5A5
450 472-6410

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Nova Bus has earned the highest reputation for overcoming the challenges of modern city transportation by manufacturing robust products that have become known as the industry workhorses: the LFS range of buses. 

Products

Nova Bus
The LFSe+ is Nova Bus’ long-range, battery-electric vehicle.
April 19, 2022
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Nova Bus LFSe+ is a long-range battery electric vehicle for the transit industry.
April 21, 2021
Nova Bus
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Distinctive streamlined look Emphasis on a rapid, comfortable passenger experience Unique styling
May 9, 2013
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Heavy-duty busFull or semi-low floorClean diesel40-foot configurationADA compliant
Aug. 16, 2007

Press Releases

Nova Bus
A LFSe+ bus.
The buses are part of Calgary Transit’s commitment to improving its service and to achieve its goal of decarbonating its transit system.
Aug. 13, 2025
BC Transit
BC Transit electric demo bus..
BC Transit anticipates the 66 buses will arrive incrementally starting in early 2025 and completed by mid-2026.
May 7, 2024
Nova Bus
Bow Valley Regional Transit Services Commission acquires first three LFSe+ buses from Nova Bus.
The acquisition of the buses will allow BVRTSC to continue transitioning its fleet to 100 percent zero-emission buses.
April 4, 2024
Nova Bus
File image of a Nova Bus LFSe+ vehicle.
The buses will be delivered in 2025 and support the city's planned transition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050.
March 22, 2024
Association du transport urbain du Québec
Société de transport de Sherbrooke bus.
More than C$18.6 million of the funding will support the electrification of the STS operations center while C$2.8 million is being invested to improve the public experience.
Feb. 20, 2024
Grand River Transit
Grand River Transit to roll out zero-emission buses
Grand River Transit will be using 11 electric vehicles as a part of the Region of Waterloo’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050.
Jan. 29, 2024
Nova Bus
City of Regina awards contract to Nova Bus for up to 53 electric buses
Regina Transit has contracted Nova Bus for a battery-electric fleet resulting in a gradual replacement of the fleet with alternative technology vehicles by 2040.
Jan. 25, 2024
MCTS
BEBs begin return to service on MCTS’ CONNECT 1 BRT.
Nova Bus issued all new batteries at no charge to MCTS after recalling the batteries in August.
Sept. 27, 2023
MCTS
Nova Bus BEB
Nova Bus notified MCTS of a potential issue that may have occurred during the manufacturing process.
Aug. 25, 2023
Nova Bus
A promotional image of Nova Bus's LFSe+ electric bus.
The order includes an adoption process for other agencies in Ontario to enter into their own agreements with Nova Bus for up to 550 buses over four years.
May 31, 2023

Videos

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Publisher John Hollenhorst visits with several exhibitors at the APTA Annual Meeting in Chicago to learn about their products, including Vapor Bus, MTM and Nova Bus.
Oct. 23, 2013
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Nova Bus President Jean-Pierre Baracat talks about Capital Metro's LFX Bus at the 2013 APTA Bus & Paratransit Conference.
May 21, 2013
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Exhibit at the public transportation's premier showcase — APTA's Expo!
Sept. 7, 2012

News

Volvo Group
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority Nova bus.
The vehicles are slated to be delivered starting in late 2027, and they will be equipped with updated engines that meet greenhouse-gas emissions standards.
Nov. 4, 2025
MTA NYC Transit contract requires Nova Bus to provide the Nova LFS buses in three different configurations, to assess the various transmission and cooling technologies available...
Nov. 26, 2018
Siemens
The new vehicles will feature a sleek appearance and include a more spacious interior with additional room for passengers.
Josh EnsignChief Operating OfficerProterraProterra announced Josh Ensign joined its management team as chief operating officer. A military veteran and former executive of Honeywell...
Nov. 16, 2016
The order applies to 328 Nova LFS articulated buses. The client, MTA New York City Transit, has a fleet of more than 6,000 buses.
June 17, 2011

Articles

Clockwise from top left: Brad Thomas, Kammy Horne, Ryan Russo, Paul Le Houillier.
Personnel updates from around the transit industry.
April 10, 2024
MCTS
MCTS LFSE+ buses.
The BRT launched in June after a seven-year process and the results are promising so far.
Sept. 19, 2023
Nova Bus
The Plattsburgh, N.Y., Nova Bus facility will cease operations in the first quarter of 2025.
The bus manufacturer will focus its efforts within the Canadian market and close its Plattsburgh, N.Y., facility by 2025.
June 22, 2023
Association du transport urbain du Québec
A joint funding agreement with the federal government of Canada and the provincial government of Quebec will support the purchase of up to 1,229 electric buses to be supplied by Nova Bus to 10 transit agencies in Quebec.
A joint funding agreement will support the purchase of up to 1,229 electric buses from Nova Bus with the vehicles set to go into service at 10 Quebec transit networks.
May 9, 2023
Mountain Line
Mountain Line in Flagstaff, Ariz., placed its first electric bus into service on April 26.
New electric buses entered service, state grants were awarded and new contracts were finalized.
May 2, 2023
WMATA
WMATA and FTA regional leaders in front of an electric Nova Bus vehicle to mark the start of construction on the Bladensburg Garage.
The garage is the authority’s second facility that will support its zero-emission fleet and will have the capacity to host 300 buses.
March 9, 2023
TransLink
The first Nova Bus LFSe+ will enter service on TransLink.
The bus is the first of 15 that will enter service along TransLink routes during the next year and marks the world debut of the Nova Bus model, which was originally introduced...
Feb. 3, 2023
Nova Bus
A Nova Bus vehicle operating along Chicago Transit Authority's Route 29 on State Street.
The safety advisory impacts Nova Bus vehicles manufactured in 2018 and after with a Bosch steering gearbox affixed to the frame.
Nov. 23, 2022
Milwaukee County Transit System
MCTS held an event on Nov. 10 that gave the community a preview of the MCTS CONNECT brand, as well as the service's first electric bus.
A launch event in Milwaukee showcased the first of MCTS’s electric vehicles that will enter service in June 2023.
Nov. 11, 2022
The testing program in Pennsylvania certifies the safety and efficiency of buses.
Sept. 12, 2022

Contacts

Deborah Piner

Additional content from Nova Bus Corporation

DRT
From left to right: John Henry, regional Chair and CEO, DRT; Brian Reilly, director, investments, CIB; Marilyn Crawford, deputy mayor for the town of Ajax and chair of the Transit Executive Committee for Durham Regional Council; Doug Proska, managing director, EnerFORGE; Mylene Tassy, vice president, sales and marketing, Nova Bus; Bill Holmes, general manager, DRT.
The C$12.1 million grant will support a pilot project while the federal loan of up to C$62 million will support the purchase of up to 98 electric buses as DRT targets 2037 to ...
April 27, 2023
The buses began arriving in April and will enter service in May after undergoing inspection and testing, with the process continuing through early 2024.
April 20, 2023
TransLink
TransLink’s new battery-electric bus being delivered from Quebec
TransLink’s long-term goal is to introduce 400 new battery-electric buses to its fleet by 2030 and to fully transition the fleet to zero-emission vehicles by 2040.
Nov. 22, 2022
Nova Bus
The first LFSe+ vehicle from the MTA five-bus order is expected to be delivered by the fourth quarter of 2023.
The 40-foot LFSe+ buses will be assembled at the Nova Bus facility in Plattsburgh, NY.
Oct. 19, 2022
Nova Bus
Nova Bus will supply an initial order of six LFSe+ electric buses to Grand River Transit in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
The electric vehicles are expected to start arriving in spring 2023 and are part of a two-year pilot project.
June 30, 2022
This is the first purchase of 40-foot buses for Huntsville Transit that will be integrated into its 10 bus routes.
June 3, 2022
Nova Bus will deliver 135 40-foot transit buses by the second quarter of 2023.
May 3, 2022
The Houston Metro Board authorized the immediate purchase of 20 of those electric buses and this order will be the first electric bus purchase on a total fleet of 1,300.
Feb. 11, 2022
Nova Bus
The Nova Bus received an order of 24 LFSe+ buses from four Quebec transit agencies.
The order was coordinated with ATUQ and RTL with the first pilot bus set to be delivered in 2022.
Dec. 20, 2021
Nova Bus
Nova Bus
Powered with up to 564 kWh on onboard energy, the LFSe+ will soon be in the streets of several cities across America, including Broome County, N.Y.
Oct. 28, 2021
Milwaukee County Transit System
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks during a groundbreaking event for MCTS's East-West BRT project on June 10.
The nine-mile corridor will connect employment and education centers and is expected to boost transit ridership by 17 percent when it opens in 2022.
June 15, 2021