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Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 28 14:57:04 2014

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Doing a test run on M42 route today.

*It could be the next demo bus test for MTA if it all goes well.

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Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by Railbus63 on Wed Oct 29 09:07:19 2014, in response to Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets, posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 28 14:57:04 2014.

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Probably the same Proterra bus that was shown off in Boston last week.

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Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by caine515 on Wed Oct 29 09:42:40 2014, in response to Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets, posted by Railbus63 on Wed Oct 29 09:07:19 2014.

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Pics?

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Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by busdude2 on Wed Oct 29 14:12:22 2014, in response to Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets, posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 28 14:57:04 2014.

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MTA is just like NJT they will never learn with these fly by night companies. Stick with proven builders like Nova, NF.

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Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Wed Oct 29 16:13:37 2014, in response to Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets, posted by busdude2 on Wed Oct 29 14:12:22 2014.

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They didn't buy it. What's wrong with trying it out?

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Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by busdude2 on Wed Oct 29 17:43:17 2014, in response to Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Wed Oct 29 16:13:37 2014.

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Why bother it will end up like Designline.

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Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by The ORION Kid on Wed Oct 29 18:07:38 2014, in response to Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets, posted by busdude2 on Wed Oct 29 14:12:22 2014.

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At least this isn't the BYD Made in China crap they tried. I never wanna see that thing on our streets again.

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Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by Bill From Maspeth on Wed Oct 29 19:05:52 2014, in response to Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets, posted by busdude2 on Wed Oct 29 17:43:17 2014.

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It allows NYCT engineers and maintenance people to get familiar with new technology for the future.

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Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by busdude2 on Wed Oct 29 19:39:08 2014, in response to Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets, posted by The ORION Kid on Wed Oct 29 18:07:38 2014.

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Yeah I agree. NYC streets are tough on buses stay with the tried and true builders.

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Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by Futurekbarticop on Wed Oct 29 19:40:14 2014, in response to Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets, posted by Gold_12th on Tue Oct 28 14:57:04 2014.

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The TA is in big trouble, they don't need anything more advanced than the bus they have. Pay attention buses are being swapped all over because all depots are short buses because A. The TA hasn't trained the maintainers on certain issues B. They don't have the parts C. Inferior Equipment(nova lfs). Buses are being swapped/borrowed all over,.....

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Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by Gold_12th on Wed Oct 29 19:45:28 2014, in response to Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets, posted by Futurekbarticop on Wed Oct 29 19:40:14 2014.

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Plus, it cost $1 million for A 40 foot Proterra bus.

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Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by RailBus63 on Wed Oct 29 21:17:09 2014, in response to Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets, posted by caine515 on Wed Oct 29 09:42:40 2014.

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The only ones I've seen are in a closed Facebook group, but it appeared to be this bus:

Proterra

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Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets

Posted by T8H5307N on Thu Oct 30 00:24:59 2014, in response to Re: Proterra 40 foot electric bus on New York City streets, posted by caine515 on Wed Oct 29 09:42:40 2014.

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On YouTube

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