Quebec bus manufacturer Nova Bus has been chosen to supply 1,229 electric buses to nine public transit companies and one public transit organization in Quebec, starting in 2025.
The value of the contract, obtained following a call for tenders coordinated by the Association du transport urbain du Québec (ATUQ) and the Société de transport de Montréal, is approximately $2 billion.
This ATUQ call for tenders was launched on behalf of nine public transit authorities and one public transit organization in Quebec, namely the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), the Société de transport de Laval ( STL), the Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC), the Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL), the Société de transport de Lévis (STL), the Société de transport de l’Outaouais (STO), the Société de transport de Sherbrooke (STS), the Service de Transport en Commun de Trois-Rivières (STTR), the Société de transport du Saguenay (STS) and exo.
The buses, which will be built in Saint-François-du-Lac and assembled at the Saint-Eustache plant, will be delivered over a three-year period starting in 2025, Nova Bus said in a press release.
The company says it is “one of the largest electric bus orders in North American history.”
“We are honored to continue this collaboration by supporting Quebec transport companies in their transition to electromobility and to be part of this new page of history that we are writing together to collectively contribute to the fight against climate change”, declared Ralph Acs, president of Nova Bus.