GILLIG Mar 4 Asheville, NC to purchase new GILLIG Clean Diesel buses to replace aging fleet Read the original at Citizen Times ASHEVILLE – The city will purchase three new buses for its aging Asheville Rides Transit fleet with $1.9 million in federal grant and city funds. The system has a fleet of 35 buses,…
GILLIG Mar 4 Albuquerque’s Transit Agency Drives Fleet Forward with New Sustainable and Stylish GILLIG CNG Buses Livermore, California – March 4, 2024: GILLIG, America’s leading heavy-duty transit bus manufacturer, proudly announces the delivery of the first 35 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to Albuquerque’s ABQ RIDE, with an additional 18 scheduled for mid-2024. This…
GILLIG Feb 28 Historic White House Bus Summit Brings Possible Procurement Changes February 26, 2024 • By Alex Roman • METRO Magazine Federal officials, the American Public Transportation Association, bus supplier OEMs, and more convened for a historic roundtable at the White House on Feb. 7, to discuss Clean Bus Manufacturing. Photo: FTA On the…
GILLIG Feb 27 TriMet receives first four extended range GILLIG zero-emission buses Read the original at Mass Transit TriMet has received the first four of 24 third-generation GILLIG zero-emissions buses. The buses will help TriMet in transiting its bus fleet to 100 percent zero-emissions by 2040. A fifth bus is on its way to TriMet…
GILLIG Feb 26 GILLIG Launches New Engineering Center in Colorado, Subsidiary Acquires Select Assets From Lightning eMotors and Lightning Systems Livermore, California, February 26, 2024: GILLIG, a leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the U.S., announced today that GERCO LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, has acquired select assets from Lightning eMotors and…
GILLIG Feb 8 Citibus rolling out new hybrid buses on Texas Tech campus Click here to read the full original story. LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Citibus has introduced 15 new hybrid electric buses on its routes through Texas Tech University, starting when students returned for the spring semester. Lubbock’s public transportation provider purchased the vehicles…
GILLIG Feb 6 New hybrid buses arrive on Tech campus Click here to read the full original story. Students on campus may notice a new feature as the spring semester is underway: 15 new hybrid electric buses. After receiving a $39.6 million grant in 2022 stemming from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Citibus rolled out the…
GILLIG Jan 23 Pace’s Inaugural Electric Bus, a GILLIG Battery Electric Bus, Enters Service Click here to read the full original story. BRIDGEVIEW, IL – Earlier today, Pace Suburban Bus charged into the future with the debut of its inaugural battery-electric bus. The state-of-the-art Gillig bus is now operational on Route 381 95th Street serving riders…
GILLIG Jan 19 Pace launches first electric bus in southwest suburbs, first step to go zero-emission by 2040 Click here to read the full original story. Pace on Friday introduced its first electric bus, the transit agency’s initial step in its goal to convert its more than 700 buses to zero emissions by 2040. The…
GILLIG Jan 12 GILLIG Advances U.S. Manufacturing with Strong Union Partnerships Updated: Jan 15 Livermore, California, January 12, 2024: GILLIG, a leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the U.S., today announced that Teamsters Local 853 and District Council 16 Auto, Marine, and Specialty Painters Union Local 1176 voted this week strongly in favor of…