Connecticut debuts first electric buses (#cnn)

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Gov. Ned Lamont and state officials in Bridgeport Monday unveiled Connecticut’s first two battery-electric buses.

They entered service under the state Department of Transportation’s (DOT) electric bus initiative and feature zero tailpipe emissions and will use 125 kilowatt-hour (kWh) electric bus chargers installed ...

The two buses displayed at Monday’s unveiling are the first of up to five, 40-foot battery electric buses and associated charging infrastructure that will be deployed at GBT. All of the buses will include quiet operation, carbon-fiber reinforced composite bodies ...