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MCI zero-emission coaches now approved for maximum California HVIP purchase incentive of $150,000 for each MCI battery-electric coach sold in the State of California
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n MCI zero-emission coaches now approved for maximum California HVIP purchase incentive of $150,000 for each MCI battery-electric coach sold in the State of California\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n DES PLAINES, Ill., Oct. 15, 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DES PLAINES, Ill.\n \n ,\n \n Oct. 15, 2020\n \n /CNW/ - (TSX: NFI) Motor Coach Industries (\"MCI\"), a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc. (\"NFI\"), one of the world's largest independent global bus manufacturers, today announced that MCI battery-electric D45 CRTe, D45 CRTe LE, and J4500e coaches have been approved by the California Air Resources Board (\"CARB\") for the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (\"HVIP\"). All three models have been approved for the highest allowable voucher of\n \n $150,000\n \n for each MCI battery-electric coach sold in the\n \n State of California\n \n .\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The approval adds to the existing NFI zero-emission heavy-duty transit buses eligible for vouchers, including New Flyer's 35, 40, and 60-foot Xcelsior CHARGE™ battery-electric and 40 and 60-foot Xcelsior CHARGE H2™ fuel-cell electric buses. Vouchers for New Flyer's heavy-duty transit buses range from\n \n $120,000\n \n to\n \n $300,000\n \n per bus, depending on the model.\n \n \n The HVIP program was launched in partnership between CARB and CALSTART to help accelerate early market introduction of clean, low-carbon hybrid and electric vehicles, and is  accomplishing this by alleviating the higher incremental cost of advanced vehicles with its innovative voucher incentives. To view eligible vehicles, visit\n \n californiahvip.org/how-to-participate/#Eligible-Vehicle-Catalog\n \n .\n \n \n \"New Flyer has supported\n \n California's\n \n zero-emission adoption for years, and today we expand our mass transit bus offering with HVIP eligible MCI coaches,\" said\n \n Chris Stoddart\n \n , President, New Flyer and MCI. \"Building on decades of New Flyer's electric bus design, engineering, supply chain and manufac...