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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/coming-to-south-king-county-battery-powered-buses-and-a-big-new-base/
Coming to South King County: battery-powered buses and a big new base
King County Metro Transit says it will increase its fleet by 625
battery-powered electric buses over the next 20 years and house them in
Tukwila and a new base in the Green River Valley.
The plan represents an ambitious effort by the nation’s sixth-biggest
public bus agency to reduce fossil fuels, following Metro’s renewal of
its 174-coach Seattle wire-powered trolley-bus fleet in 2015, and its
early adoption of diesel-hybrid buses in 2007.
Diane Carlson, capital-projects director, announced Wednesday that
testing is underway to confirm battery buses can travel 140 miles
Metro has been operating 11 Proterra quick-charge buses, costing about
$975,000 each, that repower at Eastgate to circulate on Bellevue routes.
Meanwhile, Washington state will gradually apply its $112 million share
of the Volkswagen emissions-fraud settlement to help local agencies buy
cleaner vehicles. That includes 50 electric transit buses in six
counties to date, the Ecology Department said.
Buses from New Flyer, Proterra and BYD will be tested this year,
followed by initial orders, spokesman Jeff Switzer said.
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