CTA has equipped three of its seven bus garages to handle all-electric buses. The additional buses are part of CTA’s march toward converting its fleet of more than 1,800 buses to electric by 2040.

The CTA started experimenting with electric buses in 2014, and has developed a system it thinks will work as the transit authority moves to an all-electric fleet by 2040.

Two electric-powered CTA buses will begin service during Wednesday evening’s rush period, in the latest move to reduce the number of gas-guzzling, smog-belching vehicles in the fleet.The buses ...

Two electric buses rolled out Tuesday on the No. 63 route, one of the CTA’s busiest. It runs between 63rd/Stony Island and Midway Airport and is the second route to feature electric buses.

The CTA calculates it costs $2.01 per mile to run the 40-foot-long electric buses. For a diesel bus it's $3.08, and $2.63 per mile for a diesel-electric hybrid.

Continuing an effort to transition to an all-electric bus fleet by 2040, the Chicago Transit Authority announced Friday that 22 new electric buses were purchased, nearly doubling the agency’s ...

The No. 66 bus rattles just like a regular diesel bus on Chicago's west side, but no one seems to notice the high-pitched whine of the electric motor that makes it go.

Transit agencies across the state got another push on the road toward all-electric bus fleets on Tuesday with the announcement of another round of hefty grants made possible by the Bipartisan ...

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A $58 million grant from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will help bankroll the purchase of 58 new electric buses to be used by Pace and the Chicago Transit Authority.

The No. 66 bus rattles just like a regular diesel bus on Chicago's west side, but no one seems to notice the high-pitched whine of the electric motor that makes it go.