Zero-Emission Bus Evaluation Results: Long Beach Transit Battery Electric Buses

https://doi.org/10.21949/15183352020January\u2013December 2018PDFTech ReportFTA Report No. 0163Transit busesElectric busesCapital investmentsBus transitGreenhouse gasesFuel cell vehiclesEvaluationFederal Transit AdministrationOffice of Research, Demonstration and InnovationTransit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy ReductionTIGGERNational Fuel Cell Bus ProgramUnited StatesCaliforniaLong Beach (California)United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit AdministrationEudy, LeslieJeffers, MatthewNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (U.S.)United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit AdministrationUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and InnovationFederal Transit Administration;Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThis report summarizes the experience and results from a demonstration of a fleet of battery electric buses (BEB) operated by Long Beach Transit (LBT) in southern California. In 2011, LBT was awarded a $6.7 million grant through FTA\u2019s Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) program to fund an electric bus pilot project. The agency selected BYD through a competitive bidding process to build ten 40-ft BEBs. FTA collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE\u2019s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to conduct in-service evaluations of advanced technology buses developed under its programs. This report presents evaluation results for the BEBs in comparison to baseline buses in similar service. The focus of the analysis is on one year of service from January through December 2018.93