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== History == | == History == | ||
These buses were ordered in 2018.<ref name="NFOrder">[https://www.metro-magazine.com/bus/news/730335/new-flyer-to-supply-60-foot-electric-buses-for-minn-metro-s-brt-line METRO Magazine: New Flyer to supply 60-foot electric buses for Minn. Metro's BRT line]</ref> The entire order was delivered in early 2019. | These buses were ordered in 2018 and cost $1.3 million each.<ref name="NFOrder">[https://www.metro-magazine.com/bus/news/730335/new-flyer-to-supply-60-foot-electric-buses-for-minn-metro-s-brt-line METRO Magazine: New Flyer to supply 60-foot electric buses for Minn. Metro's BRT line]</ref><ref name="Item">[https://metrocouncil.org/Council-Meetings/Committees/Metropolitan-Council/2018/1-24-18/0122_2018_29-SW.aspx Metropolitan Council: Business Item 2018-29 SW Purchase of Eight Electric Transit Buses and Six Chargers]</ref><ref name="electricgraphic">[http://web.archive.org/web/20210831192507/https://www.metrotransit.org/electric-buses Metro Transit: Electric Buses]</ref> The entire order was delivered in early 2019. | ||
All of the units were pulled from service on March 2, 2021 due to charger problems.<ref name="electricpresent">[https://www.metrotransit.org/Data/Sites/1/media/about/improvements/electric_buses/03.10.2021-e-bus-update-final-correct-wp.pdf Metropolitan Council: Electric Bus Update]</ref> | All of the units were pulled from service on March 2, 2021 due to charger problems.<ref name="electricpresent">[https://www.metrotransit.org/Data/Sites/1/media/about/improvements/electric_buses/03.10.2021-e-bus-update-final-correct-wp.pdf Metropolitan Council: Electric Bus Update]</ref> | ||
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==Details== | ==Details== | ||
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable | {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable | ||
!Fleet Number | !Fleet<br>Number | ||
!Thumbnail | !Thumbnail | ||
!Date | !Build<br>Date | ||
![[Vehicle Identification Number|VIN]] | ![[Vehicle Identification Number|VIN]] | ||
!License Plate | !License Plate | ||
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|8700 | |8700 | ||
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| | |10/2018 | ||
|[[New Flyer Industries 'K VINs'#KB071351|5FYB8YJ1XKB071351]] | |[[New Flyer Industries 'K VINs'#KB071351|5FYB8YJ1XKB071351]] | ||
|None | |None | ||
|Heywood | |Heywood | ||
| | | | ||
| | |<font color="green">Active</font> | ||
| align="left"| | | align="left"| | ||
*Delivered in February 2019. | *Delivered in February 2019. | ||
* | *Returned to service on December 6, 2021 | ||
|- align="center" id="8701" | |- align="center" id="8701" | ||
|8701 | |8701 | ||
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|Heywood | |Heywood | ||
| | | | ||
| | |<font color="green">Active</font> | ||
| align="left"| | | align="left"| | ||
* | *Returned to service on December 6, 2021 | ||
|- align="center" id="8702" | |- align="center" id="8702" | ||
|8702 | |8702 | ||
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|Heywood | |Heywood | ||
| | | | ||
| | |<font color="green">Active</font> | ||
| align="left"| | | align="left"| | ||
* | *Returned to service on December 5, 2021 | ||
|- align="center" id="8703" | |- align="center" id="8703" | ||
|8703 | |8703 | ||
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|Heywood | |Heywood | ||
| | | | ||
| | |<font color="green">Active</font> | ||
| align="left"| | | align="left"| | ||
*Spotted at the New Flyer plant in March 2019. | *Spotted at the New Flyer plant in March 2019. | ||
* | *Returned to service on December 6, 2021 | ||
|- align="center" id="8704" | |- align="center" id="8704" | ||
|8704 | |8704 | ||
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|Heywood | |Heywood | ||
| | | | ||
| | |<font color="green">Active</font> | ||
| align="left"| | | align="left"| | ||
*Spotted at the New Flyer plant in March 2019. | *Spotted at the New Flyer plant in March 2019. | ||
* | *Returned to service on December 6, 2021 | ||
|- align="center" id="8705" | |- align="center" id="8705" | ||
|8705 | |8705 | ||
| | |[[File:Metro Transit (Minnesota) 8705-a.jpg|128px]] | ||
|2019 | |2019 | ||
|[[New Flyer Industries 'K VINs'#KB071351|5FYB8YJ19KB071356]] | |[[New Flyer Industries 'K VINs'#KB071351|5FYB8YJ19KB071356]] | ||
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|Heywood | |Heywood | ||
| | | | ||
| | |<font color="green">Active</font> | ||
| align="left"| | | align="left"| | ||
*Spotted at the New Flyer plant in March 2019. | *Spotted at the New Flyer plant in March 2019. | ||
*Last in service on the C Line on March 1, 2021 | *Last in service on the C Line on March 1, 2021 | ||
*Returned to service on December 4, 2021 | |||
*Transported Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeg on a tour of Lake Street in Minneapolis in August 2022. | |||
|- align="center" id="8706" | |- align="center" id="8706" | ||
|8706 | |8706 | ||
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|Heywood | |Heywood | ||
|Cia Siab | |Cia Siab | ||
| | |<font color="green">Active</font> | ||
| align="left"| | | align="left"| | ||
*Spotted at the New Flyer plant in March 2019. | *Spotted at the New Flyer plant in March 2019. | ||
*Last in service on the C Line on March 1, 2021 | *Last in service on the C Line on March 1, 2021 | ||
*Returned to service on February 9, 2022 | |||
|- align="center" id="8707" | |- align="center" id="8707" | ||
|8707 | |8707 | ||
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|Heywood | |Heywood | ||
| | | | ||
| | |<font color="green">Active</font> | ||
| align="left"| | | align="left"| | ||
*Spotted at the New Flyer plant in March 2019. | *Spotted at the New Flyer plant in March 2019. | ||
*Last in service on the C Line on January 10, 2021 | *Last in service on the C Line on January 10, 2021 | ||
*Returned to service on December 4, 2021 | |||
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