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Through this new record, also proved that the progress of battery technology has been able to make heavy-duty electric H Beam Connecting Rods vehicles in front of the traditional diesel models, have a greater advantage.
Proterra, headquartered in Silicon Valley, has created a new track record for its own electric bus.
Proterra said it was using the latest generation of the company's version of the Catalyst E2 model, which was tested at the Navistar Proving test site in New Carlisle, Indiana, culminating in a new record of 1101.2 miles (about 1772 kilometers). And through this new record, also proved that the progress of battery technology has been able to make heavy-duty electric vehicles in front of the traditional diesel models, have a greater advantage.
"If we calculate the cost per mile, we believe that the commercialization of large electric buses will be more advantageous," said Ryan Popple, chief executive officer of Proterra. "In the entire transportation market, electric buses will be the first complete transition To the type of electric car. "
Proterra's Catalyst E2 electric bus is Connecting Rods currently priced at $ 700,000 (about $ 4.6 million) with an average mileage of 350 miles (about 560 kilometers). In June this year, this Catalyst E2 electric bus in the United States 15 states have sold a total of 400 vehicles. And Popple in an interview with "Forbes" interview, said the long version of the Catalyst E2 will soon be sold to the market.
Proterra was founded in 2004 and has worked with LG Chemical to develop battery products for heavy-duty vehicles. Proterra recently built a new facility in Bollingham, California to increase the battery pack capacity of Catalyst E2.
However, the price of the vehicle from the point of view, this pure electric bus prices than the traditional diesel bus prices more expensive, while the average price of the latter as long as 200,000 US dollars.
While Proterra has introduced a new model of battery financing that allows transportation companies to buy Catalyst E2 at a price close to diesel buses, such as Park City, a utility company from Utah, to buy six pure electric buses, but the price Is still Proterra company to face the biggest challenge.
In addition to Proterra, there are a number of companies have launched a pure electric version of the heavy truck or Coilovers For Sale large bus car program, which Tesla has also said it will be released in October a pure electric trailer truck.
Proterra is currently producing in Greenville, South Carolina and Los Angeles, and has accumulated $ 195 million in financing, and the company plans to start an IPO in 2018.