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A LionC all-electric school bus drivers down a road with colored leaves in the background.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 9, 2024

Lion Electric School Buses Eligible for EV Infrastructure Program in Virginia

As part of the program, Dominion Energy facilitates the coordination of utilities, network upgrades, construction, and the installation of charging infrastructure for beneficiary school districts.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 9, 2024

Now Online: September 2024 Digital Edition of School Bus Fleet

The seventh issue of 2024 highlights a longtime transportation director, the benefits of electric school buses, and more.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 6, 2024

New Orleans School Aims to Have Area's First Electric School Buses

The New Orleans Charter Science & Mathematics High School was awarded $3.1 million in grant funds by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program to help fund the process.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 3, 2024

New WRI Electric School Bus Program Gets U.S. DOE Funding Boost

The program will use a 'train-the-trainer' approach to increase school districts’ capacity to adopt electric school buses, particularly in disadvantaged communities facing the greatest inequities based on income, race, pollution, and tribal status. 

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A yellow Blue Bird electric school bus sits in front of a school building.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 29, 2024

An Electrified Milestone: Blue Bird Delivers 2000th Electric School Bus in Nevada

The Clark County School District received Blue Bird’s 2,000th EV to help the nation’s fifth largest school district transition its school bus fleet to clean student transportation.

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Technician adding lights to a school bus
ArticlesAugust 21, 2024

Servicing School Buses for Present and Future Generations

As we push for more sustainable roadways, school buses are no exception. The move toward environmentally friendly bus transportation began before battery-electric consumer vehicles hit the roads.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 20, 2024

GreenPower Delivers 5 BEAST Electric School Buses to California Schools

Of the five BEASTs to be delivered, four will go to the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District and the fifth to the Terra Bella Union Elementary School District. More deliveries in California and Oregon are planned.

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A group of students stands in front of a Thomas Built Jouley electric school bus. The door is open with the bus driver smiling for the camera.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 15, 2024

Thomas Built Creates Electric School Bus Student Curriculum

Casey Harris, an EV business analyst for Thomas Built and a former teacher, principal, and superintendent, developed the free curriculum to expand awareness about electric school buses.

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First Student bus in Billings, Montana.
Articlesby Shelley MikaAugust 14, 2024

Quiet, Clean, and Green: The Future of School Buses in Pennsylvania and Montana

School districts from Pennsylvania to Montana are pioneering the use of electric school buses. From reducing emissions and improving student health to cutting costs and noise pollution, these districts are exploring the path forward to sustainable, zero-emission transportation.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 6, 2024

First Student Plans for Biggest School Year Ever

First Student is transitioning 30,000 diesel buses to electric by 2035. The company has been awarded more than $400 million in rebates from the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program.

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