Battery-electric buses to immediately
reduce air pollution in the Inland Empire region
ST. CLOUD, MN, Feb. 27, 2020 /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 that Omnitrans of San Bernardino
Valley, California has placed a
new order for four forty-foot, battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE™
heavy-duty transit buses.
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Omnitrans is a leader in California's plan to address challenging
mandates for improved public health, air quality, and climate
protection via zero-emission vehicles. With this new order for
zero-emission battery-electric buses, Omnitrans further supports
its commitment to providing comprehensive public transportation
services which maximize comfort, safety, and customer satisfaction
in an environmentally sensitive manner that further reduces air
pollution in the Inland Empire. The California Air Resources Board
passed its Innovative Clean Transit Regulation in December 2018, which requires transit agencies to
transition their fleets to zero-emission technologies by 2040.
Since 2000, New Flyer has delivered 300 buses to Omnitrans,
which currently operates more than 175 forty-foot and sixty-foot
compressed natural gas ("CNG") transit buses from New Flyer.
"New Flyer commends Omnitrans on their forward-looking
commitment to expanding public transportation services with new and
innovative technology solutions," said Chris Stoddart, President, New Flyer of America.
"We are proud that our zero-emission Xcelsior CHARGE™
battery-electric buses will help the people of San Bernardino
Valley get to work, school, family and healthcare, on buses that
are safe, accessible, and environmentally responsible."
New Flyer has delivered nearly 10,400 buses into the
State of California, and has over
200 on order or pending delivery over the coming year. In addition,
NFI offers four locations in California to support customers with bus
service, parts, and manufacturing support, located in Ontario (San
Bernardino County), Los
Alamitos, Fresno, and the
Bay Area (Hayward).
Omnitrans is the public transportation provider in San Bernardino County, California, carrying
over 11 million passengers each year throughout its 480-square mile
service area, covering 15 cities and portions of the unincorporated
areas of the county.
New Flyer is proud to lead the industry with innovative mobility
solutions including zero-emission buses, technology, and
infrastructure that together, help build sustainable public transit
for growing cities across North
America. New Flyer has more than 50 years of experience in
manufacturing zero-emission buses (ZEBs), with more electric buses
on the road in America than any other manufacturer. It also
operates the Vehicle Innovation Center, the first and only
innovation lab of its kind dedicated to advancing bus technology
and providing essential workforce development through electric bus
training. New Flyer was the first bus manufacturer in the world to
sign on to the Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities, and
is currently developing automated bus technology to improve safety
in public transit.
About NFI
With 9,000 team members operating from more than 50 facilities
across ten countries, NFI is a leading independent global bus
manufacturer providing a comprehensive suite of mass transportation
solutions under brands: New Flyer® (heavy-duty transit
buses), Alexander Dennis Limited (single and double-deck buses),
Plaxton (motor coaches), MCI® (motor coaches),
ARBOC® (low-floor cutaway and medium-duty buses), and
NFI Parts™. NFI buses and motor coaches incorporate the widest
range of drive systems available including: clean diesel, natural
gas, diesel-electric hybrid, and zero-emission electric (trolley,
battery, and fuel cell). In total, NFI now supports over
105,000 buses and coaches currently in service around the world.
NFI common shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under
the symbol NFI. News and information are available at
www.nfigroup.com, www.newflyer.com, www.mcicoach.com,
www.arbocsv.com, www.alexander-dennis.com, and
www.nfi.parts.
About New Flyer
New Flyer is North America's
heavy-duty transit bus leader and offers the most advanced product
line under the Xcelsior® and Xcelsior CHARGE™ brands. It
also offers infrastructure development through New Flyer
Infrastructure Solutions™, a service dedicated to providing safe,
sustainable, and reliable charging and mobility solutions. New
Flyer actively supports over 41,000 heavy-duty transit buses (New
Flyer, NABI, and Orion) currently in service, of which 7,300 are
powered by electric motors and battery propulsion and 1,600 are
zero-emission. Further information is available at
www.newflyer.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements
relating to expected future events and financial and operating
results of NFI Group that involve risks and uncertainties. Although
the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are
based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions,
investors cannot be assured that actual results will be consistent
with these forward-looking statements, and the differences may be
material. Actual results may differ materially from management
expectations as projected in such forward-looking statements for a
variety of reasons, including market and general economic
conditions and economic conditions of and funding availability for
customers to purchase buses and to purchase parts or services,
customers may not exercise options to purchase additional buses,
the ability of customers to suspend or terminate contracts for
convenience and the other risks and uncertainties discussed in the
materials filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities
and available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Due to the potential
impact of these factors, the NFI Group disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
unless required by applicable
law.
SOURCE New Flyer of America Inc.