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Calgary has ordered 14 electric buses from Vicinity Motor Corp. for a pilot project.
The city had placed a $6 million order to purchase 14 of the vehicles from the company.
The contract was cancelled last spring , further pushing back the procurement of a smaller batch of electric vehicles.
The cost of a 40-ft electric bus can reach $1.7 million compared to $ 800,000 for a diesel vehicle and $ 1 .
Fourteen charging stations have been installed at Calgary Transit’s Spring Garden facility to service both shuttle and full-sized buses.
Edmonton had 20 electric buses in operation last year , stemming from a deal with the Canada Infrastructure Bank in 2021 .
In early September , the province abruptly announced it wouldn’t fund the LRT Green Line from Eau Claire in the downtown to Ogden .
Last week , the UCP government said it would resume its $1.5 billion funding share for the Green Line .
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