Excerpts, below, from
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/coming-soon-to-a-transit-route-near-you-more-battery-powered-electric-buses/
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King County Metro will buy more than 100 battery-powered electric buses,
following what officials called a successful test in Bellevue last year.
Most will be short, 40-foot buses that recharge in minutes, but a few
are experimental buses that charge over several hours and have a longer
range, he said.
Details about the “major purchase” are to be announced Tuesday, says a
news-media advisory by County Executive Dow Constantine. The first group
of buses would arrive this year.
The order being announced Tuesday would be the largest battery-powered
bus fleet in the country, Dembowski said.
Neighborhoods will benefit, Dembowski argues, because battery-powered
buses are quieter and lighter than hybrids and cause less pavement
damage
<http://westseattleblog.com/2016/03/bus-battered-roads-curbs-homes-westwood-roxhill-arbor-heights-cc-report-3/>.
Battery buses at $780,000 each, not counting charging docks, are cheaper
than trolleybuses at $1 million per vehicle, not counting miles of
wires.
Metro’s battery bus purchase would “move the industry,” Dembowski
argues. “As one of the top seven transit agencies
<http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Documents/Ridership/2016-q2-ridership-APTA.PDF>
in the country, this is sending a signal to the rest of the industry
that we have confidence in the technology.”
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