America's first all-electric transit agency isn't what you think when you think EVs
Antelope Valley innovated to get there — for example, by charging vehicles with cutting-edge wireless inductive technology. And the agency’s electrification program scored a series of firsts, including the first all-electric 60-foot articulated bus in regular paid passenger service, as well as the nation’s first electric commuter coaches.
And in an era when Americans worry about all the products imported from overseas, Antelope Valley’s buses are made locally by union workers. The company that builds them, BYD North America, has a factory in Lancaster with more than 400 workers, and it’s made key commitments to its neighbors through a legally enforceable .
And let’s not forget the environmental benefits. So far, Antelope Valley’s all-electric fleet has driven a combined 7 million miles. The transit authority’s conversion to electric has saved the agency from burning 1.75 million gallons of diesel fuel, and from spewing 130,900 pounds of lung-damaging particulates and 41.
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