While NSTA remained grateful for the significant subsidy that the (Clean School Bus) program provided, the organization identified two areas of concern that could affect the long-term future of the program.
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The Biden-Harris Administration announced that rebate funds from the first-round of the Clean School Bus Program will help Guam's Department of Education purchase 25 battery-electric school buses.
Read More →Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including how the state of Illinois is setting goals for electric vehicles.
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Private school bus operators can now apply directly for EPA funds under the Clean School Bus Program, as urged by the National School Transportation Association.
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The Thomas Built Buses C-2 Jouley replaces a diesel bus, transporting students with a 138-mile range on a single charge.
Read More →Not only did the EPA get enough demand to exhaust the $500 million during the first round of funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, but they also felt compelled to nearly double the pot to help as many applicants as possible.
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New York and California topped the list of recipients for total funding, but a significant number of states in the southeastern U.S. - some that never had an electric school bus before - made it into the top 10.
Read More →Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, recaps recent headlines from schoolbusfleet.com - including the EPA's funding of 389 school districts with the first round of Clean School Bus cash.
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The agency reports that school districts from all 50 states were competing for $500 million in allocated funds. Increased demand persuaded the EPA to raise the award pool to almost $1 billion for 2022.
Read More →It’s hard to believe I’ve already been at the wheel of School Bus Fleet for a year. A lot of the job has been drinking from the firehose of information – the alphabet soup of associations, the different types of buses, the varieties of equipment, the manufacturers, the rules and regulations. I’ve taken in a lot, but there’s so much more to absorb and process.
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