{"id":3784,"date":"2014-04-01T08:15:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T12:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2014-03-31T22:16:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T02:16:27","slug":"stm-starts-testing-100-electric-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/stm-starts-testing-100-electric-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"STM starts testing 100% electric bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writing about one or more aspects of electric vehicles is a popular term paper topic.\u00a0 Beginning this week, the STM is testing an all-electric bus on select routes in Montreal as a possible option to help decrease its greenhouse emissions.\u00a0 I was pleasantly surprised to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/technology\/test+electric+eight+routes+starting+Monday\/9669577\/story.html\">read in the <i>Montreal Gazette<\/i><\/a> t<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2014\/03\/electric-bus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3785\" alt=\"electric bus\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2014\/03\/electric-bus-300x195.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2014\/03\/electric-bus-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2014\/03\/electric-bus-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2014\/03\/electric-bus-460x300.jpg 460w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2014\/03\/electric-bus.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>hat the STM already owns hybrid buses (part diesel and electric).\u00a0 An electric bus, depending on the model, costs 7-14% more than a hybrid bus, and 50-70% more than a diesel bus.\u00a0 The STM aims to purchase only electric buses when it starts replacing its existing fleet in 2025.\u00a0 I look forward to riding on one!<\/p>\n<p><i>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stm.info\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2013\/moving-toward-electrification---stm-to-test-a-fully-electric-standard-bus-from-china\">STM<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing about one or more aspects of electric vehicles is a popular term paper topic.\u00a0 Beginning this week, the STM is testing an all-electric bus on select routes in Montreal as a possible option to help decrease its greenhouse emissions.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/stm-starts-testing-100-electric-bus\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[62,157],"class_list":["post-3784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-pollution","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3784"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3789,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784\/revisions\/3789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}