Nova Bus Corporation

St-Eustache, QC J7R 5A5

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About Nova Bus Corporation

Nova Bus has earned the highest reputation for overcoming the challenges of modern city transportation by manufacturing robust products that have become known as the industry workhorses: the LFS range of buses.

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100 Industriel Blvd
St-Eustache, QC J7R 5A5
https://www.novabus.com
450 472-6410

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Nova Bus has earned the highest reputation for overcoming the challenges of modern city transportation by manufacturing robust products that have become known as the industry workhorses: the LFS range of buses. 

Products and Press Releases

BC Transit
May 7, 2024
BC Transit anticipates the 66 buses will arrive incrementally starting in early 2025 and completed by mid-2026.
Nova Bus
April 4, 2024
The acquisition of the buses will allow BVRTSC to continue transitioning its fleet to 100 percent zero-emission buses.
Nova Bus
March 22, 2024
The buses will be delivered in 2025 and support the city's planned transition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050.
Association du transport urbain du Québec
Feb. 20, 2024
More than C$18.6 million of the funding will support the electrification of the STS operations center while C$2.8 million is being invested to improve the public experience.
Grand River Transit
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Grand River Transit will be using 11 electric vehicles as a part of the Region of Waterloo’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050.
Nova Bus
Jan. 25, 2024
Regina Transit has contracted Nova Bus for a battery-electric fleet resulting in a gradual replacement of the fleet with alternative technology vehicles by 2040.
MCTS
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Nova Bus issued all new batteries at no charge to MCTS after recalling the batteries in August.
Nova Bus
A promotional image of Nova Bus's LFSe+ electric bus.
May 31, 2023
The order includes an adoption process for other agencies in Ontario to enter into their own agreements with Nova Bus for up to 550 buses over four years.
DRT
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The C$12.1 million grant will support a pilot project while the federal loan of up to C$62 million will support the purchase of up to 98 electric buses as DRT targets 2037 to ...

Articles & News

April 10, 2024
Personnel updates from around the transit industry.
MCTS
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Sept. 19, 2023
The BRT launched in June after a seven-year process and the results are promising so far.
Nova Bus
The Plattsburgh, N.Y., Nova Bus facility will cease operations in the first quarter of 2025.
June 22, 2023
The bus manufacturer will focus its efforts within the Canadian market and close its Plattsburgh, N.Y., facility by 2025.
Association du transport urbain du Québec
A joint funding agreement with the federal government of Canada and the provincial government of Quebec will support the purchase of up to 1,229 electric buses to be supplied by Nova Bus to 10 transit agencies in Quebec.
A joint funding agreement will support the purchase of up to 1,229 electric buses from Nova Bus with the vehicles set to go into service at 10 Quebec transit networks.
Mountain Line
Mountain Line in Flagstaff, Ariz., placed its first electric bus into service on April 26.
New electric buses entered service, state grants were awarded and new contracts were finalized.
WMATA
WMATA and FTA regional leaders in front of an electric Nova Bus vehicle to mark the start of construction on the Bladensburg Garage.
March 9, 2023
The garage is the authority’s second facility that will support its zero-emission fleet and will have the capacity to host 300 buses.
TransLink
The first Nova Bus LFSe+ will enter service on TransLink.
Feb. 3, 2023
The bus is the first of 15 that will enter service along TransLink routes during the next year and marks the world debut of the Nova Bus model, which was originally introduced...
Nova Bus
A Nova Bus vehicle operating along Chicago Transit Authority's Route 29 on State Street.
Nov. 23, 2022
The safety advisory impacts Nova Bus vehicles manufactured in 2018 and after with a Bosch steering gearbox affixed to the frame.
Milwaukee County Transit System
MCTS held an event on Nov. 10 that gave the community a preview of the MCTS CONNECT brand, as well as the service's first electric bus.
Nov. 11, 2022
A launch event in Milwaukee showcased the first of MCTS’s electric vehicles that will enter service in June 2023.

Videos & Resources

Leah Harnack/Mass Transit
The Nova LFSe is a battery-electric bus that runs on a TM4 Sumo HD electric powertrain and 4 Volvo high voltage lithium-ion batteries in parallel.
April 19, 2016
The latest vehicles and products were on display at the APTA Public Transportation & Universities Conference.
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With the BAE Systems HybriDrive Series-E propulsion system, power accessories electrically reduce belts and hydraulic hoses and eliminate the alternator, tidying up the engine compartment and provides a safer environment.
May 7, 2015
APTA Bus Conference provides a look at the latest vehicles, products, professional services and technologies.
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Oct. 23, 2013
Publisher John Hollenhorst visits with several exhibitors at the APTA Annual Meeting in Chicago to learn about their products, including Vapor Bus, MTM and Nova Bus.
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May 21, 2013
Nova Bus President Jean-Pierre Baracat talks about Capital Metro's LFX Bus at the 2013 APTA Bus & Paratransit Conference.
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Sept. 7, 2012
Exhibit at the public transportation's premier showcase — APTA's Expo!

KEY CONTACTS

Deborah Piner

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The buses began arriving in April and will enter service in May after undergoing inspection and testing, with the process continuing through early 2024.
TransLink
TransLink’s new battery-electric bus being delivered from Quebec
Nov. 22, 2022
TransLink’s long-term goal is to introduce 400 new battery-electric buses to its fleet by 2030 and to fully transition the fleet to zero-emission vehicles by 2040.
Nova Bus
The first LFSe+ vehicle from the MTA five-bus order is expected to be delivered by the fourth quarter of 2023.
Oct. 19, 2022
The 40-foot LFSe+ buses will be assembled at the Nova Bus facility in Plattsburgh, NY.
Nova Bus
Nova Bus will supply an initial order of six LFSe+ electric buses to Grand River Transit in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
June 30, 2022
The electric vehicles are expected to start arriving in spring 2023 and are part of a two-year pilot project.
June 3, 2022
This is the first purchase of 40-foot buses for Huntsville Transit that will be integrated into its 10 bus routes.
May 3, 2022
Nova Bus will deliver 135 40-foot transit buses by the second quarter of 2023.
Nova Bus
April 19, 2022
The LFSe+ is Nova Bus’ long-range, battery-electric vehicle.
Feb. 11, 2022
The Houston Metro Board authorized the immediate purchase of 20 of those electric buses and this order will be the first electric bus purchase on a total fleet of 1,300.