BC Transit is moving one step closer to putting electric buses on B.C. streets.
A request for proposal to build the first 10 battery-electric heavy-duty buses has been issued by BC Transit.
The new electric buses will look very much like the regular 40-foot transit buses seen now across the province.
"We’re excited to take this step after gathering responses from industry through a formal request for information that is supporting and informing the continued project and program development," says a news release from BC Transit.
The news release also says the procurement of these 10 battery-electric buses will help the transit authority:
- Exceed the Province of BC’s greenhouse gas reduction targets
- Never buying further diesel heavy-duty buses
- Buying only zero-emission buses in all fleet classifications after 2028
- Having a fully zero-emission provincial fleet by 2040
The first 10 battery-electric buses are expected to hit the streets in Victoria by the summer of 2022.
