New record: Electric bus goes 1,101 miles on a single charge

US-based electric bus manufacturer Proterra upgraded its 40-foot Catalyst E2, now called ‘Catalyst E2′, with a massive 660 kWh battery pack and brought it to the track at the Navistar Proving Grounds in New Carlisle, Indiana, to test it on September 4.

The trial beat the record for the most distance traveled on a single charge by an electric vehicle. The Proterra Catalyst E2 max traveled 1,101.2 miles before its battery pack was depleted. See:  All-electric bus travels record 1,100 on single charge.  Here is a direct video link.

Each month, new municipalities are seeing the light and switching to clean, silent, public transport with no air and noise pollution and a fraction of the parts and operating costs.  Nashville MTA talks about the upside in the below video.

Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority operates nine Proterra battery-electric buses throughout its downtown core. Learn more about Music City’s transition to zero-tailpipe emission transit vehicles from key MTA and civic leadership. Here is a direct video link.

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