City of Montreal takes delivery of first fully electric buses

Nova Bus has provided Canadian public transport operator Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) with three electric buses as part of the Montreal City Mobility project.
May 30, 2017 Read time: 1 min

Nova Bus has provided Canadian public transport operator Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) with three electric buses as part of the Montreal City Mobility project.

Nova Bus, a member of the Volvo Group is responsible for the development of the buses and will support the STM throughout the evaluation of the project.

The City Mobility is an initiative of 609 Volvo and its North American division, Nova Bus. It is deployed in several cities and Montreal is the first North American city to take part.

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