Des Plaines, Ill. — Motor Coach Industries (MCI) recently announced that sustainability pioneer Coach Atlantic Maritime Bus will be the first Canadian operator to demonstrate MCI’s new battery-electric MCI D45 CRTe LE coach this spring.
“We’re excited to introduce the future of battery-electric transportation to the Maritimes through our work with New Flyer and now MCI, where we’ve operated MCI coaches for many years,” according to Cassidy Group Principal Mike Cassidy. “This new all electric D45 CRTe LE demo will allow us to demonstrate its revolutionary accessibility features while gathering data to plan our future fleet.”
vCassidy Group’s T3 Transit, their municipal transit brand, was the first to bring a battery-electric low floor transit bus made by MCI sister company New Flyer for testing on transit routes serving greater Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island in 2018.MCI Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Customer Service Patrick Scully notes that Coach Atlantic’s established record in green transportation makes the company a desired partner for MCI’s development of zero-emissions technology.
“Operators like Coach Atlantic Maritime Bus and Mike Cassidy are leading the all-electric discussion in North American for scheduled and charter service, and we’re honored to have them test one of our first all-electric D45 CRTe LE model headed into production this year,” says Scully.
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