Quebec Orders Nearly 500 More Electric-Hybrid Systems from BAE Systems
August 14 2018 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
BAE Systems, a global provider of more than 9,000
electric-hybrid, battery-electric, and fuel-cell electric systems,
today announced that the Association du Transport Urbain du Quebec
(ATUQ) ordered 497 electric-hybrid buses using the BAE Systems
Series-E electric drive propulsion system. The five-year contract
includes an option for up to 1,028 additional systems.
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Société de transport de Montréal, a
member of ATUQ, uses electric-hybrid systems by BAE Systems to
decrease harmful emissions and fuel usage. (Photo: BAE Systems)
“This recent order adds to ATUQ’s more than 900 electric hybrids
powered by BAE Systems technology,” said Bob Lamanna, global
accounts manager at BAE Systems. “The additional system orders
validate the success of our product in the transit market and the
need for electrified buses in Canada.”
Canada’s ATUQ represents the nine Quebec public transportation
organizations serving the major urban centres of the province:
Montreal, Quebec City, Lévis, Laval, Longueuil, Gatineau,
Trois-Rivières, Saguenay, and Sherbrooke. Together, they provide
more than 90 percent of public transportation trips in Quebec.
The ATUQ consortia is focused on implementing sustainable, green
technologies and is using BAE Systems’ series electric-hybrid
system as a step to achieving their goal of fully-electric systems
in the future. ATUQ will reap the benefits of BAE Systems’ latest
technology. This new order of buses will include the anti-idling
feature decreasing fuel and emissions at stops, electrically
powered heaters for less maintenance, and the ability to turn off
the diesel engine in specified areas to create zero-emission
driving zones.
BAE Systems is saving more than 20 million gallons of fuel and
215,000 tons of CO2 each year with more than 9,000 systems
operating across the globe.
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