{"id":1808,"date":"2013-05-28T06:25:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T10:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=1808"},"modified":"2013-08-16T17:02:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T21:02:52","slug":"electric-bus-laval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/electric-bus-laval\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Trials of New Electric Bus Now Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quebec&#8217;s first standard-sized electric bus began operating in city streets in Laval last month and will continue its test run until August 25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lavalelectricbus.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/electric-bus-laval\/lavalelectricbus\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lavalelectricbus.png?fit=250%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,163\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Laval electric bus\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lavalelectricbus.png?fit=250%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1809\" alt=\"Electric bus\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lavalelectricbus.png?resize=250%2C163\" width=\"250\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lavalelectricbus.png?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lavalelectricbus.png?resize=150%2C97&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lavalelectricbus.png?resize=96%2C62&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Built by North Carolina company DesignLine (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.designlinecorporation.com\/\">http:\/\/www.designlinecorporation.com\/<\/a>), the new electric bus will be able to travel about 200 km or so before it needs to recharge for 6 to 8 hours, so it will take some experimenting to determine how best to integrate it into the system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf all tests prove conclusive, the new vehicle will be integrated into the STL&#8217;s regular network starting this fall,\u201d says a statement from the Societ\u00e9 de transport de Laval (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stl.laval.qc.ca\/lang\/en\/\">http:\/\/www.stl.laval.qc.ca\/lang\/en\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The current electric bus test project will cost a total of $2 million, including the $900,000 vehicle price-tag.<\/p>\n<p>The electric bus will operate on various routes during the trial, but several public displays have also been organized. The first ones took place at terminus Cartier. Upcoming ones will occur throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<h3>Electric Bus Viewing at STL Open Doors, June 2<\/h3>\n<p>You can also see it at the STL open doors day on Sunday, June 2, 2250, avenue Francis-Hugues, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<h3>Electric Bus Viewing at <em>Salon du v\u00e9hicule vert<\/em> de Laval, June 9<\/h3>\n<p>The 40-foot-long vehicle will be a key attraction at the <i>Salon du v\u00e9hicule vert de Laval, <\/i>at \u00c9cole Val-des-Arbres, 3145 rue Saguenay on June 9, from 12:30 until 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<h3>Free Electric Bus Shuttle Weekends<\/h3>\n<p>There will also be free public shuttles from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m between the Montmorency and Le<i> <\/i>Carrefour terminuses on the weekends of June 15 and 16, July 6 and 7, and August 3 and 4.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quebec&#8217;s first standard-sized electric bus began operating in city streets in Laval last month and will continue its test run until August 25. Built by North Carolina company DesignLine (http:\/\/www.designlinecorporation.com\/), the new electric bus will be able to travel about 200 km or so before it needs to recharge for 6 to 8 hours, so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hundredmilecircle","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-ta","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1351,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/slipped-on-the-ice\/","url_meta":{"origin":1808,"position":0},"title":"City of Laval Ordered to Pay Resident Who Slipped on the Ice","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"December 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It took almost three years, but Jocelyne Courval finally proved that the City of Laval\u2019s negligent snow-clearing contributed to her fall three years ago, when she broke her ankle. 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