The Duck Curve#electric buses
Daimler's LFP eCitaro, Long Beach megawatt chargers, 50 Semis for Chicago
Daimler Buses showed a near-production next-generation Mercedes-Benz eCitaro with LFP batteries on November 10, 2026, with launch planned for 2028. Forum Mobility opened two MCS chargers at the Port of Long Beach on November 5, and Tesla said on November 11 that Chicago's first 50 Semis are en route; HMD Trucking, which ordered 50, took its first on November 2.
LA Metro board approves 220 electric buses from ENC, gates 1,600 options
LA Metro's board on September 24, 2026 authorized a $337,698,727.58 base contract with ElDorado National (California), Inc. for 220 forty-foot battery electric buses and raised the project's life-of-project budget to $434,355,185; deliveries begin in spring 2028, per the board report. A Bass amendment makes any purchase of the up to 1,600 option buses subject to board approval, in increments not to exceed 300, and lets the board decline or rebid options. Metro's July 2026 update counted 140 zero-emission buses, 6.46% of its fleet; Streetsblog LA puts the post-purchase share at over 20 percent.
