Proterra announced that San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has purchased six 40′ Proterra Catalyst E2 electric buses and three 60 kW Proterra plug-in chargers, joining a growing list of airports across North America transitioning to electric buses for airport ground transportation. The new battery-electric bus fleet will reduce Bay Area emissions and support SFO’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2021 while cutting its bus operating costs.
San Francisco International Airport will be joining Brussels Airport in electrifying their ground transportation this year. Amsterdams Schiphol Airport has been using electric buses since 2015. Outside Europe, airport operations in Sydney, Kansas, Los Angeles and Shenzhen to name but a few have already integrated electric buses into their services.
