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Metro Transit selects New Flyer with an award of zero-emission buses and charging infrastructure in greater St. Louis; the first deployed into regular permanent service
Metro Transit selects New Flyer with an award of zero-emission buses and charging infrast...
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[{"type":"text","content":"NewFlyer-Electric-Bus\n \n \n \n Metro Transit selects New Flyer with an award of zero-emission buses and charging infrastructure in greater St. Louis; the first deployed into regular permanent service\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 ST. CLOUD, Minn., Sept. 29, 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n ST. CLOUD, Minn.\n \n ,\n \n Sept. 29, 2020\n \n /CNW/ -\n \n September 29\n \n , 2020: (TSX: NFI) New Flyer of America Inc. (\"New Flyer\"), a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc. (\"NFI\"), one of the world's leading independent global bus manufacturers, has delivered two pilot buses to Metro Transit as part of a contract awarded to New Flyer for 14 Xcelsior CHARGE™ battery-electric, sixty-foot heavy-duty transit buses (28 equivalent units or \"EUs\"). To support the deployment, New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions™ was awarded an\n \n $8.72 million\n \n contract from Bi-State Development, the operator of Metro Transit, for the construction of battery-electric bus charging infrastructure.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The procurement, led by Metro Transit and supported by Federal Transit Administration (\"FTA\") funds, will integrate zero-emission vehicles to supplement the existing MetroBus fleet – becoming the first deployed into regular permanent service in the Metro Transit system.\n \n \n \"This is a landmark investment in American infrastructure and zero-emission technology, and we're pleased to provide sustainable mobility solutions through buses, technology, and infrastructure,\" said\n \n Chris Stoddart\n \n , President, New Flyer. \"Metro is leading sustainable mobility and shaping the community's quality of life for the better. Together, we're making the evolution to electric a reality for greater\n \n St. Louis\n \n .\"\n \n \n New Flyer's Infrastructure Solutions team is partnering with Burns & McDonnell, a\n \n Kansas City\n \n -based national engineering firm, as well as local teams and experts to complete the planning, engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of both long-range depot char...