加拿大：联邦追加1500万加元 助各地公交系统更换电动巴士
加拿大联邦政府10月29日宣布，通过零排放交通基金追加近1500万加元，资助全国15个新项目，帮助社区把公交车队更换为更清洁的电动巴士，并支持各地的电气化规划、充电基础设施和员工培训。
这笔拨款覆盖多个省份和一所大学：阿尔伯塔省的博蒙特、科克伦等市镇，卑诗省坎卢普斯、北温哥华等城市，魁北克省的公共交通机构，以及新斯科舍省的达尔豪斯大学，单个项目金额从约8.5万加元到480万加元不等。其中坎卢普斯的项目是重型电动汽车基础设施总体规划，北温哥华学校区的项目将帮助制定电动校车采购计划。
负责这项基金的住房、基础设施和社区部长格雷戈尔·罗伯逊（Gregor Robertson）说，投资电动巴士等清洁交通有助于削减排放、降低运营成本，也能创造就业。第一民族和原住民宜居基础设施部长曼迪·格尔-马斯蒂（Mandy Gull-Masty）说，投资社区所需的交通对北方和偏远地区格外重要。
加拿大政府说，零排放交通基金自2021年设立以来已支持180多个项目，为各地的电气化转型提供了超过1.342亿加元。
Canada: Ottawa Adds $15 Million to Help Transit Systems Switch to Electric Buses
The Government of Canada announced on October 29 nearly $15 million in new funding through the Zero Emission Transit Fund for 15 projects across the country, helping communities replace bus fleets with cleaner electric buses and supporting electrification planning, charging infrastructure and worker training.
The projects span several provinces and one university: municipalities including Beaumont and Cochrane in Alberta; Kamloops and the District of North Vancouver in British Columbia; transit authorities in Quebec; and Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, with individual awards ranging from about $85,000 to $4.8 million. Kamloops will develop a heavy-duty electric vehicle infrastructure master plan, while the North Vancouver school district will plan electric school bus procurement.
Gregor Robertson, the minister responsible for housing, infrastructure and communities, said investing in clean transit such as electric buses cuts emissions and operating costs while creating jobs. Mandy Gull-Masty, the minister for Indigenous and northern infrastructure, said the investments matter particularly for northern and remote communities.
The government said the Zero Emission Transit Fund, launched in 2021, has supported more than 180 projects with over $134.2 million in funding.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：照片：加拿大埃德蒙顿公交的电动巴士，Vanstrat 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0 授权 / Photo of an Edmonton Transit electric bus by Vanstrat, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
