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Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced nearly $1 billion in grants to replace gas heavy-duty vehicles with EVs.

West Grand School District was selected for a grant that funds two more electric buses to its fleet thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program Grant. These two electric buses will replace the district’s two...

West Grand School District was selected for a grant that funds two more electric buses to its fleet thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program Grant. These two electric buses will replace the district’s two...

West Grand School District was selected for a grant that funds two more electric buses to its fleet thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program Grant. These two electric buses will replace...

Six new electric buses and bus chargers will be added to the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District fleet following the award of a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’s second round of funding for the Clean School Bus Program.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

When not driving around, electric buses and other vehicles could help utilities by storing their solar and wind energy and releasing it to meet surges in demand.

During heat waves and times of high electricity use, utilities often rely on older, fossil fuel power plants. But a project in Beverly offers an alternative: the school district uses their electric school buses’ giant batteries as mini power plants to send energy back to the grid.

Electric school buses help the environment and are better for the children they carry, but they come with steep upfront costs.

School districts are pushing through early growing pains for cleaner, healthier student transportation, with a little help from grants and the sale of excess, stored battery power.