Though Pace’s first full fleet of electric buses is designated for Lake County and its completion remains years away, a small 15-passenger bus with the words “battery electric” printed on it can now be seen on local streets.
Pace is testing its small electric bus and operating a full-sized vehicle in Chicago’s south suburbs as it awaits the arrival of 22 more motor coaches late this year on its way to being a fully electric fleet by 2040, thus significantly reducing carbon emissions.First announcing plans to go all-electric in the next 16 years in March of last year, Lake County was designated as the location for the pilot program.
When the program was unveiled in March of last year, Pace officials said they anticipated electric buses on the road in Lake County before the end of this year, but the manufacturer — Protegra — closed its doors. Skoggsbakken said it was purchased by Phoenix Motorcars.Acquiring the buses is part of the conversion to an all-electric fleet. Skoggsbakken said renovating existing facilities like the Waukegan bus garage to service the electric buses is necessary, and will cost close to $100 million.
Once the first phase is complete, Skoggsbakken said the second stage will cost an estimated $80 million to rebuild the garage to accommodate a fully electric fleet. The North Division in Waukegan currently operates 52 buses.
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