AC Transit orders 20 more NFI fuel cell buses
By Jim Gibbins - 1st June 2021
USA / Canada - AC Transit, which operates in the San Francisco Bay Area has ordered an additional 20 fuel cell electric buses from Winnipeg-based New Flyer (NFI Group) subsidiary, New Flyer of America Inc of Crookston, Minnesota, USA.
The zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell-electric 40-foot Xcelsior CHARGE H2 heavy-duty transit buses are being acquired through California’s State Co-operative Procurement, in which New Flyer was selected as a top-scoring approved supplier in 2019. Supported by Federal Transit Administration funds, the order follows AC Transit’s 2019 purchase of ten hydrogen fuel cell-electric and five battery-electric buses from NFI, and advances AC Transit’s Clean Corridors Plan (a commitment to operate a 25% zero emission fleet by 2023).
