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Public transitA San Jose bus depot solar and battery microgrid will start charging VTA electric buses in 2026, after planned solar power fell from 1.5 megawatts to 500 kilowatts.Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority broke ground on the project on September 26, 2025, more than 3 years after first announcing it, and its 4 megawatt hour battery and 3 megawatts of bus charger capacity held steady the whole time even as the solar plan shrank and the original 2023 target date slipped to 2026.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article Public transitSan Francisco Bay electric ferry program plans 5 battery electric vessels, not just the 3 one contract coversSan Francisco Bay Ferry runs the program under the name REEF, short for Rapid Electric Emission Free, and its own program page lists 5 battery electric vessels in total. A 55 million dollar federal grant, the largest single grant on the agency own list, backs the plan, and the first vessel is expected to enter service in early 2027.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article Public transitSan Diego Coronado ferry going electric under a 15.27 million dollar grant, but not until 2027The California Air Resources Board is putting up 15.27 million dollars of a project exceeding 21 million dollars total, to replace 2 diesel ferries built in 1964 and 1940 with fully electric replacements on the San Diego to Coronado route. Flagship Cruises and Events, the operator, now expects the first boat to sail in 2027, a year later than the fall 2026 date first announced.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article Public transitRussia pushes back its first hydrogen powered passenger train on Sakhalin to late 2027 or early 2028The hydrogen powered train Russia is building for Sakhalin island finishes construction in 2026, but Russian Railways now says no passenger boards it before late 2027 or early 2028, a year later than an estimate from January 2026 and 6 years after the project was agreed in 2019.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article Public transitNew York State awards 2,000,000 dollars to build the first hydrogen ferry in New York City, a 150 passenger vessel planned for the Brooklyn Navy YardThe grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority funds SWITCH Maritime and design firm Incat Crowther as they develop the ZEF 150, a vessel planned to store 720 kilograms of hydrogen and match diesel ferry schedules with no new shoreside charging equipment.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article Public transitThe worlds northernmost electric ferry sails Finnmark, Norway, at temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees CelsiusVargsund, operated by Torghatten, began sailing the Korsfjord to Nyvoll route in Finnmark, Norway, in January 2026, in temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius. The ferry runs mainly on battery power charged from shore, with diesel generators kept only as backup, under a contract that lasts until May 2035.2 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article

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MBTA battery train Fairmount Line cost hits 765.4 million dollars in a 15 year lease for 28 rail cars approved in June 20263 minute read. 5 sources.
India hydrogen train carries just 40 to 60 riders a day against a 2,600 seat capacity 2 months after launch3 minute read. 5 sources.
Hydrogen trains in Berlin, Germany have replaced diesel since 20243 minute read. 5 sources.
WMATA new buses 2026, Metro exercises an option for 100 more, 75 hybrid electric and 25 battery electric3 minute read. 5 sources.
Tucson electric school buses carbon dioxide cut is projected at about 17,000 tons as the district pays 1,203,648 dollars of a 6,336,648 dollar total project cost3 minute read. 5 sources.
The Toronto Transit Commission, known as the TTC, will have 400 electric buses running by the second quarter of 2026, up from 100 today2 minute read. 5 sources.
Sonoma County electric buses will make up 49% of its transit fleet by the end of 2026, after a 7 bus, 8,750,000 dollar purchase3 minute read. 5 sources.
A bus does not really save more energy than a car unless it carries 12.5 riders, the government count puts the average at just 7.53 minute read. 5 sources.
Riverside California hydrogen buses arrive in 2026 as Riverside Transit Agency loses 21,600,000 dollars in federal funding3 minute read. 5 sources.
New Jersey electric school bus grant 2026 opens round 3 with 15 million dollars, 4 months after the federal program dropped electric bus priority3 minute read. 5 sources.
Minneapolis electric buses 2026, Metro Transit adds 20 battery electric buses funded by a 17,500,000 dollar grant3 minute read. 5 sources.
A hydrogen power unit lets electric trains run without overhead wires, where only 57% of the European rail network is electrified3 minute read. 5 sources.
Electric bus grants no longer prioritize low income neighborhoods, after the executive orders behind that priority were revoked in 20252 minute read. 5 sources.
How many electric school buses are on the road in the United States is now more than 8,500, up about 67% in a year as 14,146 more are already committed3 minute read. 5 sources.
In hydrogen bus versus electric bus cost and range, hydrogen still trails at 6% of the fleet3 minute read. 5 sources.
San Francisco delays its Muni electric bus mandate by 5 years over a budget crisis3 minute read. 5 sources.
A federal bus grant favors gas buses over electric buses for the second year running3 minute read. 5 sources.
The largest electric ferry ever built prepares to enter passenger service, as Norway requires zero emission vessels in 5 protected fjords from January 1, 20263 minute read. 5 sources.
Transit agencies put microgrids at their own bus garages for backup power, and 2 finished projects show why.3 minute read. 5 sources.
Electric buses in Sydney, Los Angeles and London are expanding at very different speeds3 minute read. 5 sources.
Transit agencies are putting solar panels on bus depots to charge electric buses, and paying for them in 2 different ways3 minute read. 5 sources.
Electric bus charging software cuts the demand charge that forces a bigger grid connection3 minute read. 5 sources.
Transit agencies use a charging schedule to protect electric bus battery life, and one agency skipped it3 minute read. 5 sources.
A train can send power back to the grid when it brakes, and Caltrain now gets paid for it3 minute read. 5 sources.
Germany is running hydrogen powered trains instead of electric trains on tracks that were never wired3 minute read. 5 sources.
Which countries actually have hydrogen powered trains carrying passengers, not just promises3 minute read. 5 sources.
The cost to electrify a train line still wins on most unwired track in Britain3 minute read. 5 sources.
Electric buses are replacing diesel buses in cities worldwide, but not in the United States3 minute read. 5 sources.
Electric bus mechanic jobs are retrained jobs, not new ones, and federal law now funds the retraining3 minute read. 5 sources.
How many cars one bus takes off the road is not the 55 often quoted3 minute read. 5 sources.
Electric bus versus diesel bus cost over its lifetime still favors diesel, most studies find3 minute read. 5 sources.
Diesel bus pollution costs a city up to 207,200 dollars a bus in health harm3 minute read. 5 sources.
Curitiba built the first bus rapid transit system in 1974, and waited 50 years for its first electric bus3 minute read. 5 sources.

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