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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The Lake Tahoe Unified School District is happy to be on the forefront of new technology, and nothing proves that point more than the district’s acquisition of several electric buses.  In 2019, the...

Some Wyoming school districts could receive funding for new buses that are safer. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is providing $843,660 of grant funding for early replacement of diesel school buses through the 2022 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act. The WYDEQ created the School Bu

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WYDEQ) is providing $843,660 of grant funding for early replacement of diesel school buses through the 2022 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WYDEQ) is providing $843,660 of grant funding for early replacement of diesel school buses through the 2022 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

The United States has over 480,000 school buses, but currently, less than one percent are EVs. Industry watchers expect that EV buses will eventually become the leading mode for student transportation. School districts and municipalities are embracing EV buses.

The United States has over 480,000 school buses, but currently, less than one percent are EVs. Industry watchers expect that EV buses will eventually become the leading mode for student transportation. School districts and municipalities are embracing EV buses.

In the words of Miss Frizzle, “Okay bus—do your stuff!"1 A favorable regulatory environment, direct subsidy, private investment, and customer demand are driving an acceleration in...

Why We Need to Electrify America’s School Bus Fleet Diesel fumes spewed by the buses were using poison children, drivers and neighborhoods. Transitioning to electric buses also can create good jobs and healthier communities. John A. Costa, Amalgamated Transit Union, and Sonal Jessel, WE ACT for Environmental Justice   |   April 19, 2021   |  Opinion Across the nation, the pandemic has revealed the urgency of prioritizing healthy classroom...

HANFORD — Hanford Elementary School District’s new buses are a lot greener — literally and figuratively. The California Energy Commissions School Bus Replacement Program awarded the district $1.95 million to replace five diesel school buses with electric buses. The grant program helps schools in disadvantaged and low-income communities throughout the state transition from old, polluting diesel school buses to zero- or low-emissions vehicles, improving childrens health by limiting...

Lion Electric, a manufacturer of all-electric medium- and heavy-duty urban vehicles, has secured an order for 10 of its all-electric school buses from the