Stop and go traffic performance also will be evaluated.Since electrics won’t replace diesel buses on a one to one basis , redesigning bus routes is part of the deployment strategy. The most likely locations would be at sites NJ Transit owns where buses lay-over in between trips and could charge, such as Hoboken Terminal, Kilcoyne said. They also mentioned having to balance between starting a battery electric bus program, while keeping up with technological developments.“We have to move as quickly and as deliberately as possible,” LaTourette said. These buses will serve us for a long time.”As battery technology advances and charging times are reduced, the bus fleet can move in that direction, he said. We can adopt that new technology in phases as existing diesel buses reach the end of their useful life.”

Source: Forbes October 11, 2022 05:53 UTC