
3 Things You Need to Know About Electric Buses
Charge times, cost, and fleet size are important factors to take into account when planning how best to integrate electric buses into a fleet.
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Electric bus and charging system manufacturer Proterra has launched Proterra Powered vehicle electrification solutions, which leverages the company’s electric vehicle technology and expertise to help commercial vehicle manufacturers electrify their heavy-duty vehicles.
As previously reported, Proterra is already partnering with OEMs such as Daimler Trucks North America, the parent company of Thomas Built Buses, on its new electric school bus: the Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley.
For more information on Proterra Powered, go here.
Related Topics: alternative fuels, electric bus, motorcoach/charter buses, Thomas Built Buses
Charge times, cost, and fleet size are important factors to take into account when planning how best to integrate electric buses into a fleet.
The agency will award selected applicants $15,000 to $20,000 per bus for scrapping and replacement. The deadline to apply is Oct. 30.
The state's third round of Volkswagen settlement funding will be used to reimburse public school districts for the purchase of new electric school buses, charging infrastructure, and propane buses.
Triad Community Unit School District #2 will receive a $650,000 grant for the purchase of three electric school buses and charging infrastructure.
School districts in Ann Arbor, Gaylord, Kalamazoo, Oxford, Roseville, Three Rivers, and Zeeland will receive a total of $4.2 million to purchase 17 new electric school buses.
The power and energy company’s electric school bus program would add 50 buses to its Virginia service territory by the end of 2020, and then possibly 1,000 buses to the area by 2025.
Cummins, which produces the drivetrains in Blue Bird’s electric buses, is investing $500 million in electrification over three years as part of an effort to support California customers.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools says that with the addition of the alternative-fuel buses, it will be using more propane buses than any other school district in the state.
Kansas City Public Schools adds 155 propane buses and Harris County School District received 11 new diesel school buses.
Mike Boggess will lead some of the supplier’s technology programs, including vehicle range modeling, depot charging simulation, product telemetry, and electrical and thermal efficiency.
John Benish Jr. was elected president at the association’s recent annual meeting. Curt Macysyn has stepped into the executive director role.
Gov. Henry McMaster announces that the state will use $9.33 million of its Volkswagen settlement funds to purchase a total of 78 new propane school buses and three transit buses.
In research conducted by West Virginia University’s Center for Alternative Fuels Engines and Emissions, distance-specific nitrogen oxide emissions measured from propane buses were about 95% less than those measured from diesel buses.
The state releases its first round of Volkswagen settlement funds, approving the purchase of 82 new school buses for 16 school districts.
Biodiesel can lower the risks of harmful emissions while decreasing costs and simplifying fueling for school bus fleets.
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