OneBus is the modular, right-sized electric bus engineered to solve transit's $2B annual overspend problem — smarter, safer, and dramatically more affordable than anything on the market today.
Current buses are overpriced, oversized, and require 18–24+ months to deliver. Transit agencies are trapped in a broken procurement cycle.
Modern transit buses are 1.6× to 25× oversized for actual ridership — burning fuel and budget on empty seats mile after mile.
Transit operators overspend $2 billion annually due to poor fleet utilization, high energy costs, and outdated vehicle designs.
Major assaults on transit workers hit 675 in FY2024 — up from 224 a decade ago. Drivers need real protection built into the vehicle design.
Lack of domestic manufacturing leaves American agencies dependent on a fragile, concentrated, and costly supplier ecosystem.
Today's ITS model ties agency software to proprietary onboard hardware — forcing custom bus builds for every agency. New buses require vendor-matched hardware, per-vehicle integration, and closed data formats.
A single modular platform engineered for routes that today's bloated 40-foot buses were never designed to serve — priced to finally make electric transit financially viable for agencies of every size.
Built for real-world ridership, not worst-case capacity. Single product focus means faster manufacturing, lower cost, and consistent quality at scale.
Protected driver workstation with 120°+ visibility, positive pressure isolation, contactless fare collection, and a driver barrier — standard.
Active electric suspension, independent rear suspension, and V2V communication enabling virtual coupling (platooning).
ML-based cloud software connecting bus, passenger, and agency. GTFS-Real Time, 5G connectivity, and validated 4× energy efficiency gains in deployment.
| Metric — Fleet of 225 buses, 12-year TCO | OneBus ★ | 40′ Electric Bus | 40′ Diesel Bus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Cost (Fleet) | $163M | $270M | $202M |
| Annual Energy Cost | $0.82M / yr | $1.1M / yr | $4.0M / yr |
| 12-Year TCO Premium vs. OneBus | Baseline | +$110.7M | +$77.5M |
| Ride Quality | Smooth, Clean, Quiet & Modern | Clean, Quiet (rough) | Loud & Uncomfortable |
| Driver Safety | ✓ Protected cockpit + 360° visibility | ✗ Outdated | ✗ Outdated |
| Integrated Software Platform | ✓ Built-in NMP + SaaS | ✗ Add-on only | ✗ None |
| Price per Bus | ~$700k | ~$1.2M+ | ~$900k |
Full 120°+ field of view, positive-pressure isolated cockpit, contactless fare collection, and passenger-facing displays — designed to reverse the driver safety crisis.
Drive-by-wire acceleration, braking, and steering. Active electric suspension for NVH reduction. Radar + V2V virtual coupling — no expensive LiDAR required.
GTFS-Real Time, 5G/WiFi gateway, touchless fare collection, and an ML-based Network Management Platform — engineered from scratch, not bolted on.
OneBus isn't just a better bus — it's a software-defined vehicle platform. From the driver workstation to the cloud, every layer of the OneBus system is built around modern data architecture, machine learning, and open APIs. This is transit intelligence that gets smarter every mile.
OneBus treats the bus as a computing platform, not just a machine. A modern gateway connects all onboard systems — propulsion, doors, HVAC, safety — and streams clean, structured data to the cloud in real time.
Our Network Management Platform uses machine learning to continuously optimize routes, schedules, and energy use across the fleet. Deployed in the field, it has already demonstrated 4× energy savings versus conventional transit on the same routes.
Unlike legacy systems that lock agencies into proprietary hardware stacks, OneBus publishes open, versioned API contracts. Any compliant agency software — CAD/AVL, dispatch, planning — integrates once at the cloud level, not bus-by-bus.
The OneBus cockpit integrates sensor fusion, 360° camera coverage, and driver-assist algorithms that flag safety events in real time. The protected workstation is the hardware foundation; AI is the active layer that keeps it intelligent.
Agencies get a live operational picture: schedule adherence, passenger loads, energy consumption, fault prediction, and NTD compliance data — all from one cloud dashboard, updated continuously from every bus in the fleet.
OneBus uses AI tooling across the business — from engineering design validation and simulation, standing up modern and efficient manufacturing lines, business management, and marketing. Modern teams that build with AI move faster and spend less.
Collectively responsible for $2B+ in advanced vehicle business development. The OneBus founders built Proterra — and assembled an advisor board of industry leaders spanning transit, aviation, rail, finance, and federal policy.
We're pursuing a Seed Round backed by an active $10M FTA grant, $1.1M SBIR Phase II, and a Founding Fleet Program with forward-looking transit agencies. The timing is now.