Electric Transit, Inc.

Electric Transit, Inc.
IndustryTransit
Founded1994
Defunct2004
Fatedissolved
HeadquartersHunt Valley, Maryland, United States
ProductsTrolleybuses

Electric Transit, Inc. (ETI) was a joint venture between the Škoda group in the Czech Republic and AAI Corporation in the United States which made trolleybuses for the Dayton and San Francisco trolleybus systems, constructing a total of 330 trolleybuses. ETI was formed in 1994, and ownership was divided as 65% by Škoda and 35% by AAI. The latter was a wholly owned subsidiary of United Industrial Corporation. Up to that time, Škoda had built more than 12,000 trolleybuses since 1935,[1] but none for cities outside Europe and Asia. The ETI joint venture was dissolved in 2004, shortly after an unsuccessful bid to supply trolleybuses to Vancouver.[2][3]

  1. ^ Wilkins, Van (Summer 1996). "New Electric Trolley Buses in Dayton". Bus World. p. 18. ISSN 0162-9689.
  2. ^ "Trolley bus prototype on the way: First of 228 electric buses to undergo testing at TransLink". Peace Arch News. Surrey, British Columbia. June 17, 2005. p. 21. ISSN 0700-9003.
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