UK-based fleet electrification and battery storage specialist Zenobē and the City of Brampton, Ontario are leading a group of UK and Canadian partners to support the electrification of the Brampton Transit bus fleet.

The partners, including Canadian investment bank TD Securities, intend to bring 1,000 electric buses to the roads and replace the city’s diesel vehicles. The project will initially support current routes and ridership numbers of more than 40 million passengers annually. The first phase of the project’s infrastructure is scheduled to go live in early 2027.

Brampton will procure electric buses from Canadian suppliers, while the Zenobē team will provide planning and design, software, supply chain relationships and capital markets expertise. The initiative also includes technical experience and expertise from the UK and dedicated electrical and civil engineering teams on the ground in Brampton.

The C$4 billion ($2.9 billion) partnership marks the first phase of a 10-year electrification framework serving Toronto’s largest suburb. The initiative will bring C$1 billion of foreign investment into Canada.

Zenobē has around a 25% market share of the UK EV bus sector and supports more than 2,000 electric vehicles worldwide. It provides end-to-end electrification solutions to public and commercial fleet operators, including financing, charging infrastructure and a battery managed service.

“Our customized match-funding options, combined with the experience from delivering over 120 electric depots globally, lowers costs and de-risks the inevitable path to zero-emission fleets. We expect this will serve as a model for other projects currently under development,” said Steven Meersman, co-founder and Director at Zenobē.

Source: Zenobē