VIA Motors, a supplier of electrical drive expertise and sustainable mobility options for all kinds of Class 2 – 5 electrical business automobiles purposes, has acquired a purchase order order for two,000 Class 3 VIA electrical cutaway chassis cabs from Pegasus Specialty Automobiles. Pegasus will leverage the pliability of VIA’s business merchandise to construct Kind A faculty buses, electrical shuttles, and paratransit buses.
Pegasus has a dealerships community all through america, together with Inventive Bus Gross sales, the nation’s largest bus dealership.
A Pegasus Bus on a VIA cutaway will function all-wheel drive and industry-leading low flooring peak and turning radius. Gross car weight ranking (GVWR) of the items will vary from 12,500 to 14,000 kilos. The electrical motors will generate a steady rated 400 horsepower and can be capable to transport a payload of seven,000 to eight,200 kilos inside a spread of 180 miles.
Pegasus Specialty Automobiles has an settlement in place with Inventive Bus Gross sales to help the sale and servicing of their automobiles. Inventive’s nationwide dealership base consists of 23 sellers all through america and Canada. This relationship permits VIA and Pegasus to leverage Inventive’s in depth service community and long-established experience within the bus market. Pegasus’ whole vendor community consists of 56 vendor gross sales and repair facilities.
In america, there are greater than 500,000 college buses on the street, bringing roughly 25 million kids to and from college. Collectively, these college buses signify one of many largest fleets within the nation and primarily run on diesel gas, emitting greater than 5 million kilos of CO2 emissions and different poisonous pollution per yr. Just lately, the US Environmental Safety Company has made greater than $500 million in funds out there for college districts to buy clear, quiet, zero-emission college buses.
VIA Motors electrical business vehicles embrace Class 2 by means of Class 5 chassis cabs, cutaways, walk-in vans, and platforms with electrical drive expertise.
