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NewsJuly 27, 2021

California District Adds Electric School Buses

Anaheim Elementary School District unveils its first four of eight new electric school buses from The Lion Electric Co. The buses were purchased using a grant from the California Energy Commission’s School Bus Replacement Program.

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NewsJuly 21, 2021

Propane Rebates Available for Bus, Truck Fleets in Several States

Fleets in Michigan, Ohio, Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii can now qualify for the rebates until Dec. 31.

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Articlesby StaffJuly 20, 2021

Sustainable Fleets: 2020 'Transformative' for Battery-Electric Growth

We dig into the State of Sustainable Fleets Report for insights into medium- and heavy-duty fleet adoption of battery-electric, natural gas, propane, renewable fuels, and more.

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NewsJuly 16, 2021

Zum Seeks to Use Electric School Buses as Virtual Power Plant Resources

Student transportation company Zum is partnering with AutoGrid, a provider of AI-powered energy software solutions, to use its fleet of 10,000 electric school buses to deliver power back to the electrical grid.

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NewsJuly 14, 2021

Georgia Congressman Tours Blue Bird Electric School Bus Plant

Sanford D. Bishop, the U.S. Rep. for Georgia’s 2nd congressional district, visits the OEM’s manufacturing facility to discuss electric school bus technology, pending infrastructure bills, and the region's growing workforce.

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NewsJuly 14, 2021

AMPLY Power Program Brings 100% Clean Energy to California Customers

With this initiative, AMPLY is leveraging its proprietary charge management system, OMEGA™, to track and aggregate megawatt hours of electricity used by its California customers and purchasing renewable energy credits to cover the amount of power being used.

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NewsJuly 13, 2021

Virginia District Debuts Stop-Arm Cameras, Safety Tech on Electric School Buses

Chesapeake Public Schools is partnering with BusPatrol to equip two of its electric school buses with safety technology, including stop-arm cameras.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJuly 8, 2021

How Will Utilities Deal with Electric-Vehicle Charging and Stressed Electric Grids?

California and other states are scrambling to find electricity this summer amid record heat, with a growing risk of blackouts. If our power grids already can’t handle the extremes being caused by climate change, how are they going to handle the addition of battery-electric vehicles?

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NewsJuly 7, 2021

EV Tech Company to Help Electrify School Buses in California, Colorado

Nuvve’s new vehicle-to-grid projects will help school districts and utilities in the two states accelerate the electrification of their school buses and lower total cost of vehicle ownership.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson July 7, 2021

California District to Roll Out 2 Propane School Buses

Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District purchases the buses using a $268,000 grant from California’s Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program.

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