BAE Systems delivers its 10,000th electric drive system
By Heather Rose - 31st January 2019
Canada / USA / UK - BAE Systems HybriDrive Propulsion Systems of Endicott, New York, USA, which has sales and application facilities in the UK and a manufacturing plant in Endicott, reached a delivery milestone in November of 10,000 electric drive systems, as part of an order from Toronto Transit Commission. The operator had ordered 225 of the latest generation hybrid electric drive systems in vehicles built by Volvo subsidiary, Nova Bus Corporation of St Eustache, Canada.
BAE Systems' products range from providing electrically-powered accessories on conventional diesel/gas powered drivetrains to battery electric and fuel cell electric propulsion. The company calculates its low and zero emission products are travelling more than 330 million miles and transporting more than 1 billion people annually. Subsequently, these systems are saving 22 million gallons of fuel and preventing more than 250,000 tons of CO2 emissions - which equates to taking 42,000 cars off the road or planting five million trees.