King County Metro Transit 7000-7093

King County Metro Transit 7000-7093 are Orion 07.501 EPA10 HEV buses built in 2010.

Units	Engine	Transmission	Seating	Destination sign
7000	Cummins ISB6.7	BAE Systems HybriDrive hybrid system	??: 4ONE Meridian	Luminator Horizon (amber)
7001-7093			35: 4ONE Aries

History

Order

The order was placed with Daimler in July 2009 using a $46 million federal stimulus grant awarded as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Part of the $45.7 million contract allows for options of over 400 more buses over five years. This followed a demonstration of an Orion VII hybrid (PT2) in March 2010.

The first of the production units began arriving in early 2011 and went into service in May. Production units use padded 4ONE Aries seats for 35 passengers upholstered in Morbern Vogue Azure vinyl with low back seats at the rear and perimeter areas. The walls were tan and the passenger windows were provided by Hehr. Walls are in grey with the lower walls in a lighter grey. They also used the now standard Stormtite passenger windows.

Prototype

The prototype, 7000, was completed in the spring of 2010 and underwent testing with Orion. It was delivered to King County in June and continued testing with them. 7000 featured high backed 4ONE Meridian seats instead of the Aries seats that production units received.

After testing and training was complete, 7000 was sold to BAE Systems for use as an engineering bus.

Details

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Date	VIN	License plate	Livery	Base	Status/Disposal	Notes
7000		2010	1VHHH3V25A6705645	45769C	Blue		Retired Sold to BAE Systems as an engineering bus	Never carried passengers.
7001		2010	1VHHH3V25A6707007	96825C	Blue	Central	Active
7002		2010	1VHHH3V26A6707078	96822C	Blue	Central	Active
7003		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707137	96847C	Blue	Central	Active
7004		2010	1VHHH3V29A6707138	96824C	Blue	Central	Active
7005		2010	1VHHH3V23A6707149	96848C	Blue	Central	Active
7006		2010	1VHHH3V23A6707152	96821C	Blue	Central	Active
7007		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707154	96823C	Blue	Central	Active
7008		2010	1VHHH3V29A6707155	96892C	Blue	Central	Active
7009		2010	1VHHH3V26A6707159	96871C	Blue		Retired 7/7/2023
7010		2010	1VHHH3V22A6707160	89506C	Blue	Central	Active
7011		2010	1VHHH3V21A6707182	96849C	Blue	Central	Active
7012		2010	1VHHH3V23A6707183	96826C	Blue	Central	Active
7013		2010	1VHHH3V25A6707184	96850C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7014		2010	1VHHH3V29A6707186	97849C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7015		2010	1VHHH3V20A6707187	96872C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7016		2010	1VHHH3V22A6707188	96873C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7017		2010	1VHHH3V24A6707189	96874C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7018		2010	1VHHH3V20A6707190	96851C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7019		2010	1VHHH3V22A6707191	96852C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7020		2010	1VHHH3V24A6707192	96875C	Blue	South	Active
7021		2010	1VHHH3V26A6707193	96893C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7022		2010	1VHHH3V28A6707194	96853C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7023		2010	1VHHH3V2XA6707195	96854C	Blue		Retired 8/7/2022
7024		2010	1VHHH3V21A6707196	96855C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7025		2010	1VHHH3V23A6707197	96894C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7026		2010	1VHHH3V25A6707198	97826C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7027		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707199	96876C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7028		2010	1VHHH3V2XA6707200	96895C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7029		2010	1VHHH3V21A6707201	96881C	Blue	Ryerson	Active
7030		2010	1VHHH3V23A6707202	96856C	Blue	Central	Active	Involved in a head-on collision on July 10, 2010.
7031		2010	1VHHH3V25A6707203	96896C	Blue		Retired 4/25/2023
7032		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707204	97858C	Teal	Central	Active
7033		2010	1VHHH3V29A6707205	89529C	Teal	Central	Active
7034		2010	1VHHH3V20A6707206	96858C	Teal	Central	Active
7035		2010	1VHHH3V22A6707207	96859C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7036		2010	1VHHH3V24A6707208	96860C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7037		2010	1VHHH3V26A6707209	96861C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7038		2010	1VHHH3V22A6707210	96862C	Teal	North	Active
7039		2010	1VHHH3V24A6707211	96877C	Teal	Central	Active
7040		2010	1VHHH3V26A6707212	96878C	Teal	Central	Active
7041		2010	1VHHH3V28A6707213	97827C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7042		2010	1VHHH3V2XA6707214	97828C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7043		2010	1VHHH3V21A6707215	97829C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7044		2010	1VHHH3V23A6707216	97830C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7045		2010	1VHHH3V25A6707217	97831C	Teal		Retired 7/6/2023
7046		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707218	89514C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7047		2010	1VHHH3V29A6707219	97832C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7048		2010	1VHHH3V25A6707220	96879C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7049		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707221	96863C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7050		2010	1VHHH3V22A6707224	96880C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7051		2010	1VHHH3V24A6707225	96882C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7052		2010	1VHHH3V26A6707226	96864C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7053		2010	1VHHH3V28A6707227	96883C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7054		2010	1VHHH3V2XA6707228	96884C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7055		2010	1VHHH3V21A6707229	96885C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7056		2010	1VHHH3V21A6707232	97833C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7057		2010	1VHHH3V23A6707233	96886C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7058		2010	1VHHH3V25A6707234	96887C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7059		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707235	89530C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7060		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707249	96897C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7061		2010	1VHHH3V23A6707250	97859C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7062		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707252	89531C	Teal	Ryerson	Active
7063		2010	1VHHH3V2XA6707259	89532C	Green	Ryerson	Active
7064		2010	1VHHH3V26A6707260	98406C	Green	Ryerson	Active
7065		2010	1VHHH3V28A6707261	89515C	Green	Central	Active
7066		2010	1VHHH3V2XA6707262	97795C	Green	Central	Active
7067		2010	1VHHH3V21A6707263	97773C	Green	Central	Active
7068		2010	1VHHH3V23A6707264	97860C	Green	Central	Active
7069		2010	1VHHH3V25A6707265	89597C	Green	Central	Active
7070		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707266	89507C	Green	Central	Active
7071		2010	1VHHH3V29A6707267	89516C	Green	Central	Active
7072		2010	1VHHH3V22A6707305	89517C	Green	Central	Active
7073		2010	1VHHH3V24A6707306	89510C	Green	North	Active
7074		2010	1VHHH3V26A6707307	98407C	Green		Retired 9/27/2022
7075		2010	1VHHH3V2XA6707309	89508C	Green	Central	Active
7076		2010	1VHHH3V26A6707310	89518C	Green	Central	Active
7077		2010	1VHHH3V21A6707313	89533C	Green	Central	Active
7078		2010	1VHHH3V23A6707314	97750C	Green	Central	Active
7079		2010	1VHHH3V25A6707315	89598C	Green	Central	Active
7080		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707316	97751C	Green	Central	Active
7081		2010	1VHHH3V29A6707317	98408C	Green	Central	Active
7082		2010	1VHHH3V20A6707335	89519C	Green	Central	Active
7083		2010	1VHHH3V22A6707336	89520C	Green	Central	Active
7084		2010	1VHHH3V24A6707337	97787C	Green	Central	Active
7085		2010	1VHHH3V28A6707339	96891C	Green	Central	Active
7086		2010	1VHHH3V28A6707342	97861C	Green		Retired 9/10/2022
7087		2010	1VHHHV32XA6707343	97862C	Green	Central	Active
7088		2010	1VHHH3V25A6707346	97752C	Green	Central	Active
7089		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707347	97850C	Green	Central	Retired 8/5/2023
7090		2010	1VHHH3V20A6707349	97851C	Green	Central	Active
7091		2010	1VHHH3V27A6707350	98497C	Green	Central	Active
7092		2010	1VHHH3V29A6707351	97774C	Green	Central	Active
7093		2010	1VHHH3V20A6707352	89534C	Green	Central	Active