ENDICOTT — BAE Systems on Wednesday announced it will provide its hybrid-propulsion system on 475 Nova hybrid-electric buses for the Association du transport urbain du Quebec (ATUQ).
ATUQ represents the leading public-transit authorities of Quebec.
Its members serve the province’s nine cities, operating in Montreal, Quebec, Levis, Laval, Longueuil, Gatineau, Trois-Rivieres, Saguenay, and Sherbrooke.
The work with Nova Bus expands the company’s original-equipment manufacturer platform base in the North-American market, Steve Trichka, vice president and general manager of HybriDrive Solutions at BAE Systems, said in a news release.
“We look forward to strengthening our newly formed relationship, and expanding our hybrid technology to Quebec,” Trichka said.
The series configuration of the BAE Systems’ HybriDrive Series propulsion eliminates the mechanical connection between the diesel engine and the wheels, the company said.
The engine turns a generator, and the power flows in series from the generator to power-control electronics, to batteries, to an electric traction motor, and then to the wheels.
Buses equipped with the HybriDrive series propulsion system have travelled more than 600 million miles, prevented more than 520,000 tons of CO2 emissions and have saved more than 38 million gallons of diesel fuel, according to BAE Systems.
Headquartered in Arlington, Va., BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, a global defense, security and aerospace company.
BAE Systems, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures a wide range of electronic systems and subsystems for both military and commercial applications; produces specialized security and protection products for law enforcement and first responders; and designs, develops, produces, and provides service support of armored-combat vehicles, artillery systems, and munitions.
Its website says the firm employs more than 88,000 globally. That figure includes 1,350 employees in Central New York. It has a plant in Endicott.
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