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November 23, 2018

Metro to test new all-electric buses

SEATTLE — King County Metro will soon begin testing 10 long-range battery-powered buses that can travel more 140 miles on a single charge.

The latest models can travel nearly six times farther than the fast-charge buses Metro currently has in its fleet. At that distance, the battery-powered buses could adequately serve about 70 percent of Metro's bus routes.


 
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