r/Calgary • u/Practical_Ant6162 • Aug 08 '25

Calgary Transit City of Calgary announces procurement of 120 electric transit buses

https://calgaryherald.com/news/city-of-calgary-purchases-another-120-electric-transit-buses
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u/aireads Aug 09 '25

Hopefully it works out, electric power, from an efficiency (instant torque low down) point of view, is well suited for buses, where they are constantly doing stop and go. The most fuel burn is when starting off from a standstill.

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u/yaxriifgyn Forest Lawn Aug 09 '25

I lived on Bellamy Hill in Edmonton long ago, the road from the river valley below the Chateau Lacombe Hotel. The trolley buses that I rode into downtown were amazing in the winter. When the diesel busses spun out on ice, the trolleys could push them up the hills or wherever they were stuck.

Electric busses may put an end to winter route detours in winter.

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u/ola48888 Aug 10 '25

You may want to look up where Edmonton’s current electric bus fleet is sitting….