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New Flyer electric buses selected by New York's CDTA for the Capital Region
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nNew Flyer electric buses selected by New York's CDTA for the Capital Region\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\nCanada NewsWire\nST. CLOUD, MN, Aug. 1, 2019\n\n\n\nST. CLOUD, MN, Aug. 1, 2019 /CNW/ - (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, today announced a new contract from the Capital District Transportation Authority (\"CDTA\") for four forty-foot, zero-emission, battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE™ heavy-duty transit buses.\n\n \n \n\n \nThe Xcelsior CHARGE™ buses, each eliminating 85-175 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year, support CDTA's sustainable mission to improve accessibility and mobility, reduce the region's carbon footprint, and promote environmentally-sound business practices to benefit the surrounding community. \nNew Flyer Infrastructure Solutions™ was also selected to provide and commission four Siemens direct current depot chargers that conform to Society of Automotive Engineer (SAE) J1772 Combined Charging System Type 1 standards.\n\"With its vision to drive sustainability in New York's Capital District, New Flyer is proud to have been selected by CDTA to provide an industry-leading zero-emission solution including both the latest in electric bus technology and the charging infrastructure,\" Chris Stoddart, President, New Flyer. \"Leveraging over 50 years of experience manufacturing zero-emission buses, we proudly support CDTA as it drives to connected, sustainable, clean mobility in the state of New York.\"  \n\"CDTA is proud to be the first transit agency in upstate New York to implement battery-electric bus technology,\" said Carm Basile, Chief Executive Officer, CDTA. \"The purchase of New Flyer's Xcelsior CHARGE buses will help to further reduce CDTA's environmental impact, and we look forward to integrating and testing the new technology as we pursue zero-emission transit in our communities.\"\nCDTA provides multimodal transport in the Capital District of New York (including t...