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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.
Read More →Compressed natural gas once looked like the future, but renewable natural gas is proving cleaner, cheaper, and easier to adopt for today's fleets.
Read More →The funding will help selectees purchase more than 2,700 clean school buses in 280 school districts serving more than seven million students across 37 states.
Read More →The 80,000-square-foot facility in South Charleston is expected to bring 900 jobs to the area. Company officials say electric school buses should start production in the second half of 2022.
Read More →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.
Read More →It's easy enough to say “school districts in low-income and disadvantaged communities need to get rid of diesel buses and adopt electric school buses to protect our children’s health." But many districts are financially strained and may not be able to afford these new-generation vehicles in their county or the associated charging equipment. So, what’s the next move for a healthier tomorrow?
Read More →John Gonzales, a senior engineer for NREL, discusses alt-fuel trends, funding from the Volkswagen settlements, and the potential of electric school buses.
Read More →The company, with manufacturing operations now producing buses in West Virginia, announced the first orders for its Type A all-electric school buses through Leonard Bus Sales.
Read More →Southern California is set to host the National School Transportation Association's first in-person meeting of 2023 from Jan. 22-24.
Read More →Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign the bill, which mandates all-electric school buses in New York City by 2035, into law.
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