New Flyer of America Inc. has received a contract from the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) for four 40-foot, zero-emission, battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE heavy-duty transit buses.
The Xcelsior CHARGE™ buses, each eliminating 85-175 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year, support CDTA’s sustainable mission to improve accessibility and mobility, reduce the region’s carbon footprint and promote environmentally-sound business practices to benefit the surrounding community.
“CDTA is proud to be the first transit agency in upstate New York to implement battery-electric bus technology,” said Carm Basile, CDTA chief executive officer. “The purchase of New Flyer’s Xcelsior CHARGE buses will help to further reduce CDTA’s environmental impact, and we look forward to integrating and testing the new technology as we pursue zero-emission transit in our communities.”
New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions™ was also selected to provide and commission four Siemens direct current depot chargers that conform to Society of Automotive Engineer (SAE) J1772 Combined Charging System Type 1 standards.
“With its vision to drive sustainability in New York’s Capital District, New Flyer is proud to have been selected by CDTA to provide an industry-leading, zero-emission solution including both the latest in electric bus technology and the charging infrastructure,” said New Flyer President Chris Stoddart. “Leveraging over 50 years of experience manufacturing zero-emission buses, we proudly support CDTA as it drives to connected, sustainable, clean mobility in the state of New York.”
CDTA provides multimodal transport in the Capital District of New York (including the counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady), and delivers over 16 million passenger trips per year for a community of almost 800,000 people. In 2017, the American Public Transportation Association awarded CDTA Mid-Sized Transit System of the Year.
