Everett Transit set to sell nine electric buses
EVERETT — Only a few years after starting service, a number of Everett Transit’s fully electric buses are set to fall by the wayside due to reliability issues and a supplier that went bankrupt.
The city is set to sell nine of its battery electric buses, manufactured by now-bankrupt bus company Proterra.
On Wednesday, the City Council voted to spend more than $2 million in Everett Transit funds on seven reconfigured diesel buses — older buses that have been retrofitted and upgraded — to prevent any gaps in service.
Everett purchased the electric Proterra buses in 2017 and 2019, City Council documents show. In total, the buses cost more than $9 million. Most of that money came from state and federal grants.
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