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Proterra, Inc. is an American manufacturing company focusing on the design and manufacture of all-electric zero-emissions vehicles, and (on-route, fast-charge and in-depot systems ). The company’s mission is to deliver clean, quiet transportation to all, by replacing heavy-duty, fossil-fueled transit buses with zero-emission, electric vehicles that reduce greenhouse gas and diesel particulate matter emissions without sacrificing vehicle, performance or uptime. Proterra's EcoRide BE35 was the first or larger all-battery electric bus to complete federally mandated Altoona testing. It was also the first full-size, fast charge transit bus to enter revenue service in the U.S. and meet California’s Zero-Emission Bus Rules. The company’s second-generation bus, the (Proterra Catalyst ) is available in two vehicle sizes, 35 ft and 40 ft, and is made of lightweight and durable carbon fiber and advanced composite materials. The 40 ft model has a total capacity of 77 passengers (40 seated/37 standing). , its buses have a single-charge range of up to . The company is headquartered in Burlingame, California and has manufacturing facilities located in the City of Industry, California and in Greenville, South Carolina. == History == Proterra, Inc. was founded in Golden, CO by Dale Hill in 2004. Hill had previously founded Trans Tech, a Denver, CO-based bus manufacturing company that focused on building CNG hybrid buses throughout the 1990s, as well as Alumatech, a manufacturing company that focused on aluminum dump trailers. Following the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)'s push for alternative fuels and forms of mobility through such programs as the Clean Fuels Grant Program Bus and Bus Facilities (Clean Fuels Grant Program Bus and Bus Facilities (5309, 5318) ), and the TIGER and TIGGER programs, Hill wanted go beyond the success of his CNG buses that launched the world’s first fleet of alternative fuel buses at the 16th Street Mall in Denver, Colorado. He wanted to create a company that would take the lead in creating zero-emission, U.S.-based transit buses. This was particularly important since many of the programs, including the Clean Fuels Grant Program and the TIGGER program, either exclude CNG buses and facilities, explicitly require capital investments that assist in reducing the energy consumption of a transit agency, and/or reduce greenhouse gas emissions of a transit agency. In 2010, Proterra announced that it would move its manufacturing plant from Golden, Colorado to Greenville, South Carolina due to its close proximity to Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). The company moved its headquarters and manufacturing plant to Greenville, SC in 2011. Ryan Popple, formerly of Tesla Motors, was appointed CEO in 2014.〔 In 2015, Proterra was awarded a $3 million grant from the California Energy Commission to fund the design, development and construction of the company’s new state-of-the-art zero-emission, battery-electric transit bus manufacturing line in the City of Industry, California. Proterra moved its headquarters from Greenville, South Carolina to Burlingame, California in October 2015. As of November 2015, the company has delivered to transit agencies 60 buses that have logged more than 1.6 million miles . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Proterra, Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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