On Wednesday, the nation's newest labor secretary visited one of the nation's oldest bus manufacturers in Livermore, looking at the future of clean transit.
On Wednesday, the nation's newest labor secretary visited one of the nation's oldest bus manufacturers in Livermore, looking at the future of clean transit.It was an event with a very political twist not unexpected in major election years.The U.S. Labor Secretary visited Livermore's 135-year-old Gillig, the unionized bus manufacturing company, as part of the Biden Administration's re-election road show.
president's infrastructure investments are about not just roads and bridges, it's also about a coast-to-coast charging network."Gillig's CEO and President Derek Maunus made this point about this 134-year-old company: "What started as a carriage repair shop in San Francisco in 1890, has evolved into what today is the dealing transit bus manufacturer in the United States."Gillig uses all kinds of propulsion systems, from diesel to hybrids to pure electrics.
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