If you use public transportation to get to work in King County and you care about the environment, we have good news! Thanks to a $4.7 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration, King County Metro will be replacing two of its older buses with 40-foot, heavy duty battery powered electric buses.
Although two thirds of the county's buses are already fully or partially electric, the new fleet to be tested is even greener. Metro hopes that the entire fleet will look like this by 2018.
Said King County Executive Dow Constantine:
"Ten years after King Country began replacing older buses with hybrid-electric models, we now have technology that holds the promise of an even cleaner and more energy-efficient fleet."
Metro General Manager Kevin Desmond said:
"This testing will allow us to understand where these electric buses can best be used and what their performance will be like within our real-world operating environment...These answers, combined with ongoing federal support and growing interest, will be key in moving this technology into the mainstream."
These new buses will begin testing in June 2015.
Click here to read more about this in the Bothell Reporter!
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