WINNIPEG, March 9, 2020 /CNW/ - (TSX: NFI ) New Flyer Industries Canada ULC ("New Flyer"), a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc. ("NFI"), one of the world's leading independent global bus manufacturers, today announced that the BC Transit Corporation ("BC Transit") has issued an order for 17 compressed natural gas ("CNG") Xcelsior ® forty-foot, heavy-duty transit buses. The order follows BC Transit's purchase of 68 CNG buses in August 2019, which were converted from the New Flyer option backlog. This purchase continues to support BC Transit's low carbon program and commitment to full electrification by 2040, as announced in July 2019. With this plan, BC Transit will gradually transition all 1,200 of its buses from traditional propulsion to zero-emission vehicles.