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King County Metro has begun deploying Gillig electric buses in south King County, marking the first entry into service of this new battery-electric fleet with updated operator safety partitions. The launch was announced by King County Metro during an event attended by King County Executive Girmay Za...

The manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the U.S. Gillig announced that its subsidiary Gerco has acquired select assets from Lightning eMotors and Lightning Systems through a receivership sale, and has hired a number of former engineering employees of Lightning.

Gillig claims that they “received the highest-ever score for a battery electric bus tested at Altoona, with a total score of 89.5”. The Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Bus Test Program, conducted by the Larson Transportation Institute’s Bus Research and Testing Center ...

Gillig announced that 45 transit agencies have decided to utilize their FTA grants to buy the manufacturer’s low and zero emission buses. These awards were made possible through Federal Transit Administration (FTA) ‘s annual Buses and Bus Facilities and Low- and No-Emission (Low-No) Vehi...

The SamTrans Board of Directors voted to replace 30 diesel buses with 20 battery-electric buses (BEB) and 10 fuel cell buses (FCEB). These have been awarded to Gillig and New Flyer respectively. This purchase helps move SamTrans planned full conversion of the fleet from a projected to 2038 to 2034. ...

Akasol will supply Gillig with the third generation of its battery systems, the AKASystem 9 AKM 150 CYC. The framework agreement has a total order value in the low triple-digit-million-euro range. Gillig offers up to 686 kWh of available energy in its transit bus – the largest capacity in a North Am...