King County Metro Transit to purchase 120 battery-electric buses by 2020, 73 from Proterra
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2017
Metro serves Seattle and the rest of King County. Maintenance costs of all-electric buses are expected to decline versus hybrid-diesels, primarily because they have fewer moving parts. Metro also is calling on the industry to develop 60-foot long buses, better able to replace the articulated buses that make up 55 percent of its fleet.
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