Santa Cruz Metro is expected to finalize the purchase of 57 hydrogen fuel cell-electric buses in a matter of weeks and it will be the single largest purchase for that variety of zero-emission vehicle in the nation, the Santa Cruz Sentinel reported.
“I think the board really has chosen a hydrogen path,” Santa Cruz Metro CEO Michael Tree told the Sentinel.
According to Tree, only $918,000 of the $88 million it costs to purchase all 57 buses is local money, specifically from the 2016 Measure D transportation sales tax. Typically for these purchases, a local authority will spend 20% of the total while receiving 80% of funding from state and federal partners, he said.
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