Local school and charter bus operator HammondBus.com is going electric, announcing the purchase order for 10 all-electric LionC school buses from Lion Electric, with deliveries scheduled in 2023, and 2024.

Hammond Transportation operates in Muskoka, Parry Sound, Simcoe County, Haliburton and Algonquin since 1944.

HammondBus CEO Greg Hammond says “We see electric buses as the next step in environmentally friendly transportation and we are excited to be taking that step.”

They were one of only two Canadian motor coach operators in the Green Coach Certification Program and one of the first Ontario bus operators to incorporate propane and now electric vehicles into their fleet.