The Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) with its partners in Brampton and the Regional Municipality of York have launched Pan-Canadian Electric Bus Demonstration and Integration Trial: Phase I in Ontario as part of a national coordinated effort to advance zero emissions transit technology.
CUTRIC has brought together manufacturers, transit agencies, utilities, funding partners, research teams and technology development capacities to ensure a world-leading demonstration trial with TransLink in Vancouver, B.C., and now with Brampton Transit and the Regional Municipality of York, with Brampton Transit having been the first to initiate and champion the national trial planning process back in 2016.
The project integrates competitive bus manufacturers with competitive charging station manufacturers — all of whom are designing and delivering interoperable high-powered charging systems for on-route charged electric buses across multiple municipalities and utility jurisdictions.
“This is good news for Canadian job growth in the manufacturing and tech sectors, which must demonstrate that their e-buses and e-chargers work seamlessly with one another wherever they are used,” said Josipa Petrunic, CUTRIC executive director and CEO.
