ST. CLOUD, Minn., Nov. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX: NFI, OTC: NFYEF) NFI Group Inc. (“NFI”), a leading independent bus and coach manufacturer and a leader in electric mass mobility solutions, today announced that its subsidiary New Flyer of America Inc. (“New Flyer”) has received an order from the University of Michigan-Transportation Services (“U-M”), for three zero-emission, battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE NG™ forty-foot transit buses and one sixty-foot articulated Xcelsior CHARGE NG™ bus (for a total of five equivalent units, or “EUs”). The contract has a base term of one year with 13 one-year renewal terms, and marks New Flyer’s first bus order from U-M. The contract also includes options for up to 50 Xcelsior® heavy-duty transit buses in 35-foot, 40-foot and 60-foot lengths in both electric and diesel propulsion.