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Dale Hill, founder of the Proterra zero-emissions bus company, not only came up with the concept of his electric bus, but also drives it on promotional tours around the country. The Proterra bus could soon be working the streets of Missoula if Mountain...

MISSOULA – The view of a sleek new bus on the streets of downtown Missoula on Tuesday might have been a little shocking – but it should have been because this bus was powered entirely by batteries.
South Carolina-based Proterra brought one of its battery electric buses to Missoula today so leaders from Mountain Line, the City of Missoula and the Associated Students of the University of Montana could take a closer look....

Award recognizes societal, business impact of company’s zero-emissions, all-electric transit technology
GREENVILLE, S.C.,September 8, 2014 – Proterra Inc., the leading provider of zero-emission, battery-electric transit solutions, has been honored as a 2015 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum (WEF). One of only 24 companies selected worldwide...

Forget about Tesla and its futuristic new Gigafactory. When it comes to using electricity for transportation, the real action may lie in the polar opposite of the fancy sports car.
Municipal intracity buses may be déclassé, unloved, slow, lumbering behemoths. But they’re the workhorses of America’s transit systems. Last year, according to the American Public Transportation Association, buses hauled 5.36 billion passengers. While...