ZF has received an order to supply its AxTrax AVE electric portal axle for 100 New Flyer Xcelsior Charge buses to be delivered to several US transit agencies by 2020.
New Flyer was awarded a contract by STM and STL for 40 zero-emission battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit buses, the largest such Canadian procurement to date.
New Flyer Industries Inc. acquired Carlson Engineered Composites Inc., a composites manufacturer, for USD $13 million. Carlson has three production facilities in Winnipeg, MB; St Cloud, MN; and Anniston, AL.
New Flyer of America announced that Seattle's King County Department of Transportation awarded a contract for 222 60-foot articulated Xcelsior diesel-electric hybrid buses, valued at approximately $202 million. Deliveries are scheduled for the second half of 2017 and 2018.