Minnesota Valley Transit Authority’s sustainability efforts are accelerating into a new phase with the launch of five new electric buses this winter.
The new e-Jest vehicles will be the first battery-electric vehicles in the MVTA fleet and the first vehicles of their kind in the Midwest.
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