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Originally Posted by btimbit
The ones Calgary bought are from a major manufacturer they've already bought other models from, built in Canada, and are already in use across the country with good reviews.
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The LFSE+ model has a lot of orders but looking at CPTDB's list of Nova VINs from 2022-2025, there seems to be only about 40 buses actually in service in Canada right now.
https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Nova_Bus_2023_VINs
The TTC had a recent update where they mentioned they've received 11 buses from Nova but only one was in revenue service (at the end of June) so I think it's still early to say how good this particular model will really be long-term as batteries age.
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/...ile-257225.pdf
The other issue is that the original plan was for 259 electric buses. Now it's still the same $443M budget but only for 120 buses. At that per-bus cost, it's doubtful any operating cost benefit will ever make up for that capital cost... If it wasn't for the Federal Government only funding electric buses.