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New Flyer will source axles from MAN for another five years

New Flyer will be relying on MAN-made bus axles for another five years (until the end of 2029). The order “includes several thousand axles and spare parts worth over 200 million US dollars“, MAN states. The contract includes VOK-08 front axles and the HY-1350 rear axle series. The axles ...

California, SamTrans procures 108 fuel cell buses from New Flyer

New Flyer received a new firm order for 108 zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell Xcelsior Charge FC 40-foot transit buses from San Mateo County Transit (SamTrans), marking the largest single fuel cell bus order in New Flyer’s history. The contract for 108 buses was added to New Flyer’s backlog in Q2 202...

New Flyer sources battery modules from American Battery Solutions

American Battery Solutions (ABS) has signed a multi-year contract with New Flyer to supply custom battery packs for the manufacturer’s newest 35-, 40-and 60-foot battery-electric transit buses. NFI is now launching ABS batteries into bus production for customer deliveries starting in the first...

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NFI takes over Alexander Dennis

Alexander Dennis’s story as an independent bus builder has come to an end. The British company, the world’s leading manufacturer of double decker buses, has been taken over by the Canadian group NFI for 405 million dollars (some 360 million euros). The operation aims to “create a m...

15 New Flyer articulated zero emission buses for New York

New York City Transit has awarded New Flyer with a contract for 15 low floor sixty-foot (i.e. articulated 18 meter) Xcelsior Charge battery-electric, zero emission buses. New Flyer business analytics on the zero emission buses New York City Transit (NYCT) is part of the Metropolitan Transportation A...

5 New Flyer Xcelsior Charge electric buses for Utah Transit Authority

Utah Transit Authority has awarded New Flyer a contract for 5 forty foot (12 meters) electric buses Xcensior Charge. The award includes the zero-emission buses and charging equipment, and was supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds through the Low or No Emission (“Low-No”) Vehicle De...

Canada’s largest battery electric bus contract goes to New Flyer

New Flyer wins the largest battery electric bus contract in Canada sofar. The cities of Montréal and Laval, indeed, ordered 40 12 meters (40 foot) New Flyer buses with 466 kWh battery pack for their transit agency, STM and STL respectively. Before starting with the production and delivery of the bus...

New Flyer provides 10 electric buses to Toronto

Ten electric buses by New Flyer (Canadian subsidiary of Nfi Group) will hit the road of Toronto for a first pilot decided by the Toronto Transit Commission (Ttc). The order of Xcelsior Charge includes an option for another 30 electric buses over the next two years. Besides, the plan of Ttc is to tur...
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