New Flyer installs interoperable ‘OppCharge’ on-route charging in New York
By Jim Gibbins - 1st July 2019
Canada / USA – New Flyer of America Inc of Crookston, Minnesota, USA (a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc of Winnipeg, Manitoba), has announced its New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions division has successfully deployed two rapid, on-route chargers along New York City Transit Authority’s (NYCT) M42 route. This marks completion of the first on-route charging solution in the United States using a globally recognised system to allow vehicle and charging equipment interoperability to common interfaces.
The chargers are operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), acting through NYCT as a part of an electric bus test and evaluation programme, which was officially launched in January 2018. It continues to evaluate electric buses as a zero-emission solution for America’s largest public transit system.
