New Flyer to supply six battery-electric Xcelsior buses to Brampton Transit
By Jim Gibbins - 1st September 2019
Canada – New Flyer Industries Canada ULC, a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc announced the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) and Brampton Transit have jointly secured CD11.15m in federal funding from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to support the adoption of zero-emission transit buses. The NRCan funding furthers the government’s commitment to renewable transit options and supports the purchase of eight electric buses for Brampton – six of which are New Flyer's Xcelsior model.
The NRCan funding also supports the purchase of four high-powered, OppCharge-compliant overhead charging systems – three from ABB and one from Siemens. With funding secured, Brampton Transit will resume participation in CUTRIC’s multi-manufacturer interoperability demonstration, part of its Pan-Canadian Trial and the first of its kind in the world testing interoperability of electric transit vehicles.
