RE:Toronto Transit Commission awards NFI WOW!!! awesome news for NFI...yet the NOVA bus order (ie VOLVO) still stands even talking about "other agencies" piggy-backing on the TTC order just like what is suppossed to happen with the NFI bid ie Ottawa's transit going along ...remember, the NFI bus submission was the ONLY bus that passed on all the technicals ..see NOVA's NR below.. i am somewhat confused...thoughts????
Saint-Eustache, Canada, May 29, 2023 – Nova Bus, a member of the Volvo Group and a leading North American transit bus manufacturer, announces it has been awarded a base order of 124 LFSe+, with a potential additional order of 12 buses and up to 405 units in option, by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). The LFSe+ is the 40’ long-range battery-electric bus model of Nova Bus. The buses from the base order will be delivered over a two-year period starting in 2024. This will be the first order of Nova Bus LFSe+ buses by the TTC. In addition, the order also includes an adoption process for other agencies in Ontario to enter into their own agreements with Nova Bus for up to 550 buses over four years.
Over the past ten years, Nova Bus has delivered over 1,300 buses to the TTC, including hybrid-electric buses. With this new order, the all-electric LFSe+ will support the bus fleet electrification efforts of the TTC, which are part of its commitment to be 50% zero emissions by 2030 and 100% zero emissions by 2040 or sooner.