Airports around the US are transitioning to electric buses as part of their effort to lower carbon emissions from their operations.
, which produced its buses at a facility in Anniston, Alabama. “We’re figuring out what is a good fit for us through some trial and error,” Gentry says. Buses that shuttle passengers from parking lots to airport terminals need to be able to lower their floor or entrance doors more than typical transit buses do so people can easily haul their luggage on and off. Some of the models seem better suited for use on city streets, Gentry says.
The midsized airport chose Proterra to make its electric buses, a decision driven largely by the constraints of the airport’s maintenance facility, said Bree Taylor, an airport planner for Sacramento County. The Proterra buses primarily recharge at a bus lot located near the airport’s 7.9-megawatt solar farm. During the day, drivers can plug in the vehicles between runs to top off batteries with solar electricity — a practice known as “opportunity charging.” The buses do most of their battery charging while parked for the night, however.
“Where we’re at right now is just realizing there’s this huge [electricity] demand coming our way, and we have a finite supply,” Taylor says. “Moving forward, our very next steps are going to be to research the different demands from these different sectors, then work with our utility” —
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