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BruinBus transit fleet ditches diesel and goes all clean fuel

The new electric BruinBus.
The batteries can run for up to 145 miles of typical driving on the campus service routes. Photo by Brent Pantell / UCLA.


UCLA has replaced the last diesel buses in the BruinBus transit fleet with two electric buses, becoming the first public university in California with Electric buses. In doing so, the UCLA feet has also completed the transition to all clean fuel, a milestone in line with the University of California’s systemwide goal of carbon neutrality by 2025.

Read more at UCLA Newsroom

Additional coverage on UCLA’s new electric BruinBuses:

UCLA zooms towards carbon neutrality with new electric buses Daily Bruin, 27 Sep 2016