Many Canadian transit agencies are missing made-in-Canada electric buses, says new report

By Brenna Owen

Canada is home to leading-edge electric bus manufacturing companies, but a report released Thursday by the Vancouver-based think tank Clean Energy Canada says that the country's transit agencies are not buying and using the cleaner buses as fast as their counterparts in other countries.

“The conversation’s really just starting in Canada,” said Merran Smith, Clean Energy Canada’s executive director.

“We’ve got four buses in Vancouver, two in Victoria, 10 in Toronto,” Smith said. “Our leader is Montreal with 36 buses ... Overall, Canada’s approach is very cautious and there isn’t a good reason for it (to be cautious).” Read More