New Flyer of America Inc. (New Flyer) has been contracted by California’s Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to supply 10 Xcelsior® hydrogen fuel cell electric, forty-foot, heavy-duty transit buses. The new order helps expand the zero-emission footprint of public transportation across California, and adds sustainability to OCTA’s current fleet of just over 500 buses, which will serve communities throughout Anaheim, Garden Grove, Orange, Santa Ana, and Westminster.
OCTA and New Flyer are partners in the Fuel Cell Electric Bus Commercialization Consortium (FCEBCC) project. This project is sponsored by a grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and is supported by the “California Climate Investments” (CCI) program. CCI is a statewide project that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment, particularly in disadvantaged communities. Additional funding for the project comes from OCTA and the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The FCEBCC project is managed by the non-profit Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE).
OCTA serves 34 cities and unincorporated areas of Orange County, covering transportation within the state’s third-largest county and supporting nearly 40 million passengers per year.
Source: New Flyer
