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Guidebook for Deploying Battery Electric Buses
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2023-08-01
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Edition:February 2021 – February 2022
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Abstract:A s part of FTA’s effort to promote continuous safety and operational improvements in the public transit industry, Guidebook for Deploying Battery Electric Buses was developed to provide bus transit agencies with leading transit industry practices for performing these activities. The supporting research report, Procuring and Maintaining Battery Electric Buses and Charging Systems – Best Practices, is a resource for the industry that offers a summary of industry reports highlighting the challenges and opportunities with battery electric bus (BEB) deployments and the outcomes of federally sponsored deployments, existing standards from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), as examples, and lessons learned through case studies. It also includes a series of findings associated with BEB and charging station procurements, system efficiency and interoperability considerations, and maintenance standards and guidelines. Additionally, the Safety and Security Certification of Electric Bus Fleets – Industry Best Practices supporting research was conducted to give bus transit agencies helpful information on the requirements of a Safety and Security Certification (SSC) program to verify the unique identified risks that will be introduced to a transit agency as a result of initiating a BEB fleet transition. The findings are useful to transit agencies as tools to identify likely challenges that should be considered before embarking on the transition to bus fleet electrification, such as specific language to include in procurements to reduce challenges associated with part availability, and battery warranty ambiguity.
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