Quebec and Ottawa announce the acquisition of 1229 electric buses for the roads of Quebec.
Nova-Bus, based in Saint-Eustache, won the call for tenders launched in April 2022 and will be responsible for manufacturing.
According to the two governments, this is the “largest acquisition project for electric buses in North America”. Quebec will invest approximately $1.1 billion, while Ottawa will contribute some $780 million.
Quebec Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault and Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Dominic LeBlanc made the announcement Monday morning in Saint-Eustache.
This funding will allow ten public transit organizations to convert their fleet to electric buses.
The vehicles, which have a range of at least 300 kilometres, will be delivered to the Société de transport de Montréal, the Société de transport de l’Outaouais, the Société de transport de Sherbrooke, the Société de transport de Trois-Rivières, the Société de transport de Lévis, Société de transport du Saguenay, Société de transport de Laval, Réseau de transport de Longueuil, Réseau de transport de la Capitale and exo.
The Société de transports de Montréal (STM) becomes the project agent on behalf of the other transport organizations and will be responsible for supplying the buses.
Governments had required a Canadian content level of 25% and that final assembly be done in Canada.