Oceanside, CA - Isithili saseNorth County Transit (NCTD) simema uluntu, amagosa esixeko, kunye namanye amaqela anomdla ukuba azimase uNovemba 21, 2019 weNtlanganiso ekhethekileyo yeBhodi yaBalawuli eza kuqala ngo-1: 00 emva kwemini. ubume betekhnoloji ye-zero-emission bus (ZEB) kunye nezicwangciso ezithile zokuphunyezwa kwe-NCTD, kunye neenkcazo ezivela kumcebisi wokuphumeza we-ZEB we-NCTD STV, Inc., ngokubhekisele kwimeko yetekhnoloji ye-ZEB kunye nesicwangciso sokuphunyezwa kwe-NCTD. Ukongeza, iNtlanganiso eKhethekileyo iya kubandakanya umboniso ovela kwiGosa eliyiNtloko lesiGqeba sase-Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (i-AC Transit), uMichael Hursh, malunga neNkqubo yeBhasi yeHydrogen. Ibhasi yombane evela kwiSan Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) kunye nebhasi ye-hydrogen yeseli evela kwi-Arhente ye-SunLine Transit iya kuboniswa ukusuka ngo-12: 30 ukuya ku-2: 00 emva kwemini kwi-Ofisi yoLawulo Jikelele ye-NCTD ekwi-810 Mission Avenue, Kulwandle.
Nge-Disemba ka-2018, iBhodi yeeCarlifonia yomoya waseCalifornia (i-CARB) yamkela uMmiselo woThutho ococekileyo woThutho (i-ICT) yeearhente zothutho. I-ICT ifuna ukuba zonke iiarhente zothutho lukawonkewonke zitshintshele kwiipesenti ezili-100 ze-ZEB ngowama-2040. I-ICT iyahambelana kwaye iyayixhasa imigaqo-nkqubo yelizwe, kubandakanya neNkqubo eQinisekayo yoLuntu kunye neNkqubo yoKhuseleko lwemozulu (SB 375) kunye noMthetho oCocayo wokuNcitshiswa kwaMandla ococekileyo (SB. 350) kugxilwe ekunciphiseni ukukhutshwa kwegesi. Phambi kwegunya lolawulo lweCARB, i-NCTD yayisele isebenza ngokukuko ekuphumezeni itekhnoloji ye-ZEB. Ngo-Epreli 2017, i-NCTD yenze isivumelwano ne-San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG & E) eya kuthi incede ukufakela ezinye zeziseko zophuhliso eziyimfuneko ekusebenzeni. Ukongeza, ngo-Epreli 2018, i-NCTD yanikwa isibonelelo se- $ 1.2 yezigidi kwi-Federal Transit Administration ukunceda ukuxhasa ukuthengwa kweebhasi eziqhutywa ngamandla ebhetri. I-NCTD isandula ukungenisa isicelo sesibonelelo kwiVolkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust ye- $ 3.2 yezigidi eza kuthi incede ukuxhasa ukuthengwa kweebhasi ezinamandla e-hydrogen.
I-NCTD iqale inkqubo yokuphuhlisa isicwangciso sokukhupha i-CARB esifunekayo ngoFebruwari 2019. Abasebenzi baqala ngokugqibezela uphononongo lokuqala lweemfuno zokutshintsha izithuthi eziyimfuneko ukuze zihambelane ne-ICT ngo-2040. Ukongeza, i-NCTD igcine umcebisi we-STV, Inc.ukujonga isithuthi se-NCTD , izibonelelo, kunye neemfuno zokusebenza, kunye nokubonelela ngohlalutyo olupheleleyo, iingcebiso, amaxwebhu okuthenga, kunye nezicwangciso zobunjineli zamalungiselelo okuhlangabezana neemfuno zesicwangciso seZEB.
Ngokusekwe kulwazi oluqokelelwe kwiingxoxo nee-arhente eziye zathenga zaza zasebenzisa iteknoloji yokukhutshwa okungasasebenziyo kunye nolwazi malunga neemfuno zeziseko zophuhliso ze-ZEB ezivela kwi-STV, i-NCTD ilindele ukuthenga ii-ZEBs ezili-14 (ezixhaswe ngebhetri ezi-6 kunye ne-8 ye-hydrogen) phambi ko-2023. ukucima ukuthengwa kwe-ZEB kwi-ICT yexesha elizayo kude kube ngu-2025 okanye ngo-2026, inika ixesha le-NCTD lokufunda ngokwaneleyo ukusebenza kwee-ZEBs kwindawo yokusebenza ye-NCTD. I-NCTD iqikelela ukuba iindleko zizonke zokuphuculwa kwesibonelelo kunye nokuthengwa kwezithuthi kuya kusuka kwi-194 yezigidi ukuya kwi-217 yezigidi zeebhasi eziqhutywa ngebhetri, ukusuka kwi- $ 188 yezigidi ukuya kwi-226 yezigidi zeebhasi ze-hydrogen.
"Ukusebenzisa iibhasi zombane kunye ne-hydrogen kwiinqanawa ze-NCTD iya kuba linyathelo elikhulu kumoya ococekileyo kunye nokunciphisa ukuphuma kwezindlu," utshilo uSihlalo weBhodi yeBhodi ye-NCTD kunye ne-Encinitas City Councilmember Tony Kranz. "I-NCTD ijonge ekuboneleleni ngetekhnoloji entsha kuluntu lwethu ngelixa liqhubela kwikamva eliluhlaza."
