City Council today approved a plan for OC Transpo to convert its bus fleet to zero-emission buses (link is external). The City will enter into a loan agreement with the Canada Infrastructure Bank and will seek funding from Infrastructure Canada to gradually convert the bus fleet in a way that is affordable under the City’s long-range financial plan for transit. All future bus purchases will be for zero-emission buses, provided they meet operational needs.

If funding is secured, OC Transpo will purchase 74 40-foot battery-electric buses and charging infrastructure as part of the City’s 2022 capital budget. The buses would be put into service in 2023, joining four zero-emission electric buses being put into service later this year. OC Transpo aims to phase in 450 zero-emission buses by 2027 and have a fully electric bus fleet by 2036.

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I would like to know who's battery is in the four busses to be delivered later this year.  Maybe Electrovaya has one of the four and they will be testing three other battery manufacturers.  If so then I think Electrovaya has a good chance as I believe they have a good battery.