此為英文新聞 報導我學校所在城鎮Blacksburg, VA的電動公車
https://www.blacksburg.gov/Home/Components/News/News/9536/
Blacksburg Transit Launches Electric Buses on Earth Day
Post Date:04/21/2021 2:39 PM
黑堡於地球日啟用電動公車
Blacksburg Transit will launch five battery electric buses in honor of
Earth Day on Thursday April 22nd. The all electric buses, a first for the
system, will replace five conventional diesel powered buses. BT is one of the
first systems in the state to purchase them.
Blacksburg Transit(BT)為了慶祝世界地球日，將在4月22日星期四啟用五輛電動公車。
全系統第一批的電動公車將會取代五輛既有柴油公車，BT是這州(維吉尼亞州)最早引進
電動公車的公車業者之一。
According to BT Director Tom Fox, “These buses are just the beginning of
what will someday be a fully electric fleet of buses. Our goal is that in
three to four years, half of the entire fleet will be electric and we will be
100% electric in about ten years depending on funding. This is a large step
towards reducing our carbon footprint while also reducing our dependence on
fossil fuels.”
BT執行長Tom Fox表示，「這些公車是未來全面採用電動公車的開端，目標預計三四年內
會有一半數量的公車是電動公車，而大概十年內所有公車都會是電動的。這是邁進減少
碳排放與對石油依賴的一大步。」
On the first day of service, the buses will operate on the Corporate Research
Center (CRC) and Progress St (PRO) routes. All buses servicing these two
routes on Thursday will be electric.
電動公車在第一天會投入CRC和PRO兩條路線整天的服務，兩條路線均由電動公車行駛。
BT was one of three transit agencies awarded funding for electric buses in
2019 from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation and the
Department of Environmental Quality. Additional financial support for the
purchase of the vehicles received from the Town of Blacksburg and Virginia
Tech further supports their ongoing climate protection initiatives.
BT是三個獲得Virginia大眾運輸部門電動公車補助的三間運輸部門之一，另外也有黑堡
鎮公所和Virginia Tech的補助來一起保護地球氣候。(按：這句好怪...)
Additional information regarding the electric buses can be found at
www.ridebt.org.
Questions or comments, please contact Lincoln Sklar at [email protected]
or (540) 443-1592.
更多與電動公車有關的資訊可以上BT官網(www.ridebt.org)查詢。
如有問題或是其他意見，歡迎聯絡Lincoln Sklar，email：[email protected]、
電話：(540) 443-1592。