{"id":252471,"date":"2021-11-19T14:57:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T20:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/?p=252471"},"modified":"2024-02-29T10:00:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T16:00:37","slug":"metrobus-electric-bus-fleet-grows-with-6-gillig-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/nextstop\/metrobus-electric-bus-fleet-grows-with-6-gillig-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"MetroBus Electric Bus Fleet Grows with 6 GILLIG Buses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photo<\/center>Our electric bus fleet is growing! This month marked the arrival of six new 40-foot battery electric buses<\/a> at Metro Transit, including the 100th\u00a0battery-electric bus produced by GILLIG.<\/p>\n

Metro Transit has been partnering with GILLIG since 1992, and this recent delivery brings our total electric bus fleet to 10 40-foot buses and 14 60-foot buses.<\/p>\n

The battery electric buses provide a substantial savings in fuel and maintenance costs \u2013 up to $525,000 over the life of each bus. As zero-emission transit assets, these buses will provide a reduction of 100 to 160 tons of greenhouse gas emissions when compared to a diesel bus.<\/p>\n

These new additions will operate on various MetroBus routes in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County, and provide riders with a quiet, comfortable ride.<\/p>\n

\"40-footFast Facts: GILLIG\u2019s 40-Foot Battery Electric Buses<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Serve a variety of MetroBus routes in Missouri<\/li>\n
  • GILLIG: Purchase price = $950,000 | Operating cost = $0.43 per mile<\/li>\n
  • Range of 150 miles on a single charge<\/li>\n
  • Have 444 kWh of battery storage<\/li>\n
  • Charges overnight at Brentwood MetroBus Facility, powered by Ameren Missouri<\/li>\n
  • The 40-foot buses also deliver a superior transit experience with the latest features and amenities, including a Thermo King Electric HVAC system with integrated thermal management, and superior ride quality with low noise levels and smooth, seamless acceleration.<\/li>\n
  • Known for being the lowest cost transit buses to maintain, GILLIG buses are built on the company\u2019s proven low-floor platform design and feature Cummins propulsion systems.<\/li>\n
  • Buses were built in Livermore, California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Our electric bus fleet is growing! This month marked the arrival of six new 40-foot battery electric buses at Metro Transit, including the 100th\u00a0battery-electric bus produced by GILLIG. Metro Transit has been partnering with GILLIG since 1992, and this recent delivery brings our total electric bus fleet to 10 40-foot buses and 14 60-foot buses. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capital-projects"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}