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ProductsMarch 26, 2025

Blue Bird Launches Higher Capacity Battery Pack

The Accelera BP97E battery pack now comes standard on Blue Bird's electric school buses and boasts enhanced features to improve performance

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GreenPower Type D BEAST Buses
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 21, 2025

West Virginia District Receives 4 Electric School Buses

GreenPower delivered the new Type D BEAST school buses to its dealer in the state. The district's new buses were funded through the second round of the EPA's Clean School Bus Program.

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Videosby Amanda HuggettMarch 13, 2025

Inside St. Francis Area Schools’ Transportation Dept. [VIDEO]

Take a peek into one rural Minnesota school bus fleet’s operations in this video! Walk through the St. Francis Schools bus garage, lot, propane station, and beyond with their transportation director while learning about how they operate, why they love propane, and how their mechanic feeder program works.

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Mobility House Bus Charging
Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 28, 2025

Largest Statewide Vehicle-to-Everything Charging Program Coming to Massachusetts

To encourage the adoption of V2X technology, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center is working with The Mobility House and Resource Innovations, deploying 100 bidirectional chargers across the state, including school districts with electric school buses.

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ArticlesFebruary 27, 2025

Navigating the Road Ahead for Electric School Buses

With federal funds in flux, school bus fleets turn to state incentives and creative financing for electric bus adoption.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 27, 2025

California District Celebrates First Electric School Buses

Compton Unified School District and Durham School Services' new fleet of 25 electric buses and 25 Tellus chargers have landed, with service beginning this spring.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 26, 2025

5 Million Miles and Counting: First Student's Electric Milestone

The largest contracting company is putting miles on its electric buses quickly: Just months after surpassing 4 million miles driven, it has now surpassed 5 million.

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Videosby Amanda HuggettFebruary 14, 2025

Planning & Considerations for School Bus Electrification [VIDEO]

Thinking about dipping your toes into the water with clean vehicles? Alise Crippen from CALSTART shares tips and resources for fleet electrification here, plus reactions to the uncertainty around federal programs. And of course, news and updates to keep you informed.

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Free online tool for N.Y. funding
Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 10, 2025

New York School Bus Incentive Program Calculator Launches

Spectivate LLC is behind the new tool to help school bus operators evaluate NYSBIP funding eligibility.

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Federal funds on pause
Newsby Staff and News ReportsFebruary 8, 2025

Grant Uncertainty: Clean School Bus Funds in Limbo

Despite the president's rescinded executive order for a federal funding pause, school districts and fleets cannot access payment portals to withdraw awarded dollars from the Clean School Bus and Heavy-Duty Vehicles programs. WRI offers advice.

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