Autonomous Driving: Los Angeles Exercised Options On 350 New Flyer Xcelsior®
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WINNIPEG, Feb. 12, 2016 New Flyer of America Inc., a subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. ("New Flyer" or the "Company"), the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses and motor coaches in the United States and Canada, announced that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority ("LA Metro") has exercised options for 350 heavy-duty 40-foot compressed natural gas ("CNG") buses.
These exercised options, valued at approximately $180 million, represent the remaining options from New Flyer's contract with LA Metro executed in 2013. All 550 buses from the original firm order have been successfully delivered, and management expects that these additional 350 buses will be delivered to LA Metro by the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2016.
LA Metro provided New Flyer with purchase documentation in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2015 and as a result this award was included in the New Flyer Orders and Backlog press release issued on January 13, 2016, but had not yet been press released pending its approval.
LA Metro's transit fleet includes a total of 2,160 heavy-duty buses currently in operation of which nearly 95% have been built by New Flyer or its subsidiary NABI.
NOTE: All dollar amounts are stated in U.S. currency.
About New Flyer
The Company employs approximately 5,000 team members and is the largest transit bus, motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America. With fabrication, manufacturing, distribution and service centers in Canada and the United States.
Through its Canadian and U.S. subsidiaries, New Flyer Industries Canada ULC and New Flyer of America Inc., the Company is North America's heavy-duty transit bus leader and offers the broadest transit bus product line (Xcelsior® and MiDi® models), incorporating the broadest range of drive systems available, including: clean diesel, natural gas, diesel-electric hybrid, electric-trolley and now battery-electric. New Flyer actively supports over 42,000 heavy-duty transit buses (New Flyer, NABI and Orion) currently in service.
Through its Canadian and U.S. subsidiaries, Motor Coach Industries Limited and Motor Coach Industries, Inc., the Company is North America's leader in motor coaches, offering the MCI J4500,which is the industry's best-selling intercity coach for 11 consecutive years, and the MCI D-Series, the industry`s best-selling coach line in North American motor coach history. MCI is also the exclusive distributor of Setra S417 and S407 in the United States and Canada. MCI actively supports over 28,000 motor coaches currently in service and offers 24-hour roadside assistance 365 days a year.
The Company also operates North America's most sophisticated aftermarket parts organization providing support for all types of transit buses and motor coaches. All buses and coaches are supported by an industry-leading comprehensive warranty, service and support network.
