Namuhla i-Proterra imemezele ukuthi Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sase-San Francisco (SFO) sithenge amabhasi kagesi e-Proterra Catalyst E40 ayisithupha kanye namashaja amathathu e-Proterra plug-in amathathu angu-2 kW, okuhlanganisa nohlu olukhulayo lwezikhumulo zezindiza kulo lonke elaseNyakatho Melika ezishintshela kumabhasi kagesi ezokuthutha ezihamba phansi esikhumulweni sezindiza. Umkhumbi omusha wamabhasi kagesi webhethri uzonciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-Bay Area futhi usekele umgomo we-SFO wokungathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni ngo-60 kuyilapho unciphisa izindleko zokusebenza zamabhasi.
Njengesinye sezikhumulo zezindiza ezikhula ngokushesha e-US, i-SFO inezinhlelo ezishibhile ezikhona zokunciphisa i-carbon footprint yayo. Uhlelo Lwesu Lweminyaka Emihlanu lwe-SFO lubeka imigomo yokungathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni kuyo yonke imisebenzi elawulwa esikhumulweni sezindiza ngo-2021 kanye nokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwesisi esibamba ukushisa ngamaphesenti angama-50 kusukela kusisekelo sango-1990. Ingxenye yalolo hlelo ihlanganisa ukusungulwa kweNqubomgomo Yezimoto Ezihlanzekile ukuze kugqugquzelwe ukwamukelwa nokusatshalaliswa kwezimoto ezikhipha umoya omncane kuyo yomibili iminyango yesikhumulo sezindiza nabahlinzeki bezokuthutha ezihamba phansi. Amabhasi amasha e-Proterra Catalyst asebenza ngamabhethri asebenza ngamabhethri azothatha indawo yamabhasi edizili ayisithupha enkampanini yawo yamanje futhi azoqeda amapondo angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-23 okukhishwa kwesisi esingcolisa umoya phakathi neminyaka eyi-12 yokuphila kwezimoto. I-SFO ilindele ukuthenga amabhasi kagesi engeziwe ngebhethri ukuze athathe indawo yezimoto zayo ze-CNG, ukuze kube nomkhumbi oluhlaza, wesimanje.
“Usuku Lomhlaba luwubizo lwesenzo; ithuba lokuthi siqinisekise ukuzibophezela kwethu kwezemvelo,” kusho uMqondisi Wezindiza u-Ivar C. Satero. “I-SFO ihola imboni yezindiza ekusimameni, futhi sizibekele imigomo emikhulu yokuzuza ukungabikho kwenetha yokusebenzisa amandla, imfucumfucu engekho, kanye nokungathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni. Ngokuthumela amabhasi kagesi ebhethri okuqala e-San Francisco, sisendleleni eya ekukhiqizweni okungapheli ezinhlelweni zethu zezokuthutha ezihamba phansi, okuhamba phambili emzamweni wethu wokuba isikhumulo sezindiza esimeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni.”
Amabhasi amasha kagesi azohlanganisa amabhethri aklanywe futhi akhiqizwa ezansi nomgwaqo ukusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza ekomkhulu le-Proterra's Silicon Valley e-Burlingame, California. Njengoba amandla ebhethri angu-440 kWh egibele, amabhasi azoba yingxenye yemikhumbi ye-SFO okwamanje ehlinzeka ngamabhasi athutha abagibeli phakathi kwamatheminali, amagaraji okupaka esikhathi eside nezinye izindawo zesikhumulo sezindiza emizileni yansuku zonke.
I-SFO ijoyina ezinye izikhumulo zezindiza zase-California ezihola indlela yokufakwa kukagesi kuyo yonke imikhumbi yezokuthutha yaphansi, okuhlanganisa Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sacramento (SMF) kanye Nesikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sase-Silicon Valley i-Norman Y. Mineta San José (SJC). Ngale kweCalifornia, izikhumulo zezindiza ezinhlanu ezengeziwe ezweni lonke zikhethe izimoto zikagesi ze-Proterra ngezidingo zazo zokuhamba eziphansi, okuhlanganisa i-Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), i-Honolulu International Airport (HNL), i-John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), i-Newark Liberty International Isikhumulo sezindiza (EWR) kanye neLaGuardia Airport (LGA).
"Isikhumulo sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe saseSan Francisco sekuyisikhathi eside sihamba phambili ekusimameni futhi sijoyina ezinye izikhumulo zezindiza ezicabanga phambili ezweni lonke ekushintsheni izindiza ezihamba phansi ziye kumabhasi asebenza ngamabhethri angu-100 wamaphesenti," kusho isikhulu se-Proterra uRyan Popple. “Siyaziqhenya ngokusiza esinye sezindiza zethu zasendaweni ukuthi sinikeze isevisi esezingeni eliphezulu futhi sihlangabezane nezinjongo zaso zokusimama sibe sihlinzeka ngezindleko ezincishisiwe zokulungisa izimoto kanye nezindleko eziphansi zobunikazi.”
