此为英文新闻 报导我学校所在城镇Blacksburg, VA的电动公共汽车
https://www.blacksburg.gov/Home/Components/News/News/9536/
Blacksburg Transit Launches Electric Buses on Earth Day
Post Date:04/21/2021 2:39 PM
黑堡于地球日启用电动公共汽车
Blacksburg Transit will launch five battery electric buses in honor of
Earth Day on Thursday April 22nd. The all electric buses, a first for the
system, will replace five conventional diesel powered buses. BT is one of the
first systems in the state to purchase them.
Blacksburg Transit(BT)为了庆祝世界地球日，将在4月22日星期四启用五辆电动公共汽车。
全系统第一批的电动公共汽车将会取代五辆既有柴油公共汽车，BT是这州(维吉尼亚州)最早引进
电动公共汽车的公共汽车业者之一。
According to BT Director Tom Fox, “These buses are just the beginning of
what will someday be a fully electric fleet of buses. Our goal is that in
three to four years, half of the entire fleet will be electric and we will be
100% electric in about ten years depending on funding. This is a large step
towards reducing our carbon footprint while also reducing our dependence on
fossil fuels.”
BT执行长Tom Fox表示，“这些公共汽车是未来全面采用电动公共汽车的开端，目标预计三四年内
会有一半数量的公共汽车是电动公共汽车，而大概十年内所有公共汽车都会是电动的。这是迈进减少
碳排放与对石油依赖的一大步。”
On the first day of service, the buses will operate on the Corporate Research
Center (CRC) and Progress St (PRO) routes. All buses servicing these two
routes on Thursday will be electric.
电动公共汽车在第一天会投入CRC和PRO两条路线整天的服务，两条路线均由电动公共汽车行驶。
BT was one of three transit agencies awarded funding for electric buses in
2019 from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation and the
Department of Environmental Quality. Additional financial support for the
purchase of the vehicles received from the Town of Blacksburg and Virginia
Tech further supports their ongoing climate protection initiatives.
BT是三个获得Virginia大众运输部门电动公共汽车补助的三间运输部门之一，另外也有黑堡
镇公所和Virginia Tech的补助来一起保护地球气候。(按：这句好怪...)
Additional information regarding the electric buses can be found at
www.ridebt.org.
Questions or comments, please contact Lincoln Sklar at [email protected]
or (540) 443-1592.
更多与电动公共汽车有关的资讯可以上BT官网(www.ridebt.org)查询。
如有问题或是其他意见，欢迎联络Lincoln Sklar，email：[email protected]、
电话：(540) 443-1592。