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   BC Ferries launching first wave of hybrid electric vessels   
      
   CEO says company planning to eventually switch entire fleet to   
   electric power   
   CBC News · Posted: Sep 25, 2019 2:40 PM PT | Last Updated: September   
   25   
   BC Ferries' new Island Class vessels run on a diesel-electric battery   
   power generation and propulsion system and can be converted to full   
   electric operation in the future. (BC Ferries)   
      
   BC Ferries passengers travelling on shorter island routes could be   
   riding on hybrid electric boats as early as next year.   
      
   The six new vessels, known as Island Class ferries, use diesel fuel to   
   generate electricity that is stored in batteries on board and they are   
   all expected to be in operation by 2022, with the first two expected   
   to be in service in 2020.   
      
   The first two boats to launch will run between Powell River and Texada   
   Island and from Port McNeill to Alert Bay and Malcolm Island. The next   
   four will be in the water by 2022 and will run between Campbell River   
   and Quadra Island and between Nanaimo and Gabriola Island.   
      
   According to BC Ferries CEO Mark Collins, the boats are just the   
   beginning of a long-term plan to have the company's entire fleet   
   powered by electricity, including the longer routes between Vancouver   
   Island and the mainland.   
      
   "They're designed to go full electric when the shore infrastructure   
   permits," said Collins in a phone interview with CBC's On The Island   
   Tuesday.   
      
   "Perhaps a better way to look at them is to say these are all electric   
   ferries in which we have temporarily installed a hybrid system," he   
   said.   
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-ferries-hybri   
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