Zero-Emissions Bus in Zero Degree Temperatures Runs in Canada
The first phase of a ten-month trial for a zero-emissions, 40-foot, all-electric bus was recently completed in Gatineau, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario in another sign that eco-friendly mass transit vehicles are on a roll.
The battery-electric bus was supplied by BYD Company Ltd. under a service agreement and continues its evaluations in partnership with the Société de transport de Montreal (STM) until spring of 2014.
The evaluation was performed by the Société de transport de l’Outaouais (STO) in conjunction with AVT (the Société de gestion et d’acquisition de véhicules de transport).
STO reports that it “is especially interested in this testing because bus fleet electrification is part of its 2005-2015 strategic development plan,” explained STO Chairman Patrice Martin
Supplying the battery-electric bus was BYD Company under a service agreement and continues its evaluations in partnership with the Société de transport de Montreal (STM) until Spring of 2014.
This initiative represents a step towards the targeted acquisition of all-electric buses, meaning zero emissions. The STO is embarking on the path to greener ways of doing things,” stated Mr. Martin.
The BYD electric bus able to run a required 8-hour shift in service with only a night-time single charge. The average speed of drivers on Gatineau and Ottawa routes was 23 Km/hr, and the resulting distance the BYD bus could travel at this average speed was 250 Km (the equivalent of 1.3 kWh/ Km without air-conditioning on and 1.5 kWh/ Km with air-conditioning, and full passenger loads).
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