Colorado’s largest electric school bus fleet gets a 26-plug charging hub
Colorado’s largest electric school bus fleet has a new charging hub to keep its 28 buses ready to run their daily routes.
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The grid was melting down in last week’s heat – until EVs came to the rescue
As last week’s relentless heat wave strained power grids, critics feared that the record number of electric vehicles on the push them over the edge. Instead, the opposite happened: EVs helped utilities keep the lights on and the AC running by feeding the electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid.
Expand Expanding CloseElectric school buses arrive in Long Island with latest Zenobē launch
Zenobē is teaming up with the Trans Group and Educational Bus Transportation (EBT) to electrify the Copiague Public Schools bus fleet in Long Island, NY, helping the district’s 4,500 students to cleaner, healthier transportation.
Expand Expanding CloseInspireNOLA Charter Schools deploys state’s largest electric bus fleet
With the recent deployment of fully 42 battery electric school buses, InspireNOLA Charter Schools is providing smooth, quiet, and emissions-free transportation for thousands of students in and around New Orleans.
Expand Expanding CloseGreenPower bets on New Mexico with a new EV factory
GreenPower Motor Company plans to open a new EV factory in southern New Mexico, adding hundreds of jobs as the state ramps up incentives and fleet electrification.
Expand Expanding CloseChicago suburb deploys 27 Blue Bird electric school buses
Together with its with its partners at Highland Electric, Blue Bird, and local Exelon utility ComEd, the West Aurora school district kicked off this week by deploying 27 fully electric school buses — the largest such deployment in the state. Here’s how they made it happen.
Expand Expanding CloseLion Electric school bus warranties voided, leaving districts stuck [update]
Nobody ever says “this is business” before doing something nice, and the recently reborn Lion Electric company is keeping that streak alive by doing the unthinkable to cut costs: they’re going to void the warranties on hundreds of electric school buses.
UPDATE 01NOV2025: two Lion Electric buses caught fire, now they’re in more trouble.
Expand Expanding CloseHere it is: the first-ever electric Type D school bus from Thomas Built
The school bus experts at Thomas Built have just released the first all-electric, square-bodied Type D school bus in the company’s storied history – and they’ve given their new bus a friendly, pun-tastic name. Kids, meet Wattson!
Expand Expanding CloseOne of California’s top V2G electric school bus fleets just came online
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Fremont Unified School District (FUSD), and The Mobility House just launched one of California’s most advanced vehicle-to-grid (V2G) electric school bus fleets, delivering cleaner rides for students and extra power for the state’s grid.
Expand Expanding CloseLion Electric leaves US school districts stuck with unsafe, broken buses
Many school districts who used EPA funding to help purchase Lion Electric school buses are now stuck with broken down or unsafe vehicles – but Lion’s new Canadian investors seemingly have no plans to make things right.
Expand Expanding CloseFrom the ashes: Lion Electric finds a lifeline in Quebec
A new subsidy for electric school buses in Quebec has given flailing electric bus and truck manufacturer Lion Electric a fresh commercial forecast and a raft of fresh pile of real estate cash to swim around in.
Expand Expanding CloseThe surprising powerhouse behind rapid V2X growth: electric school buses
Electric school buses are driving major growth in the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) market, with capacity expected to double to 40 megawatts (MW) by 2025, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.
Expand Expanding ClosePittsburgh goes electric: inside the district’s new clean school buses
First Student has rolled out 16 new electric school buses for Pittsburgh Public Schools, thanks to first-round funding of the US EPA Clean School Bus Program.
Expand Expanding CloseComEd, Nuvve set to launch V2G pilot program for electric school buses
With the launch of a new pilot program in collaboration with Nuvve, Chicago area utility ComEd is set to become the latest utility to explore the benefits of bidirectional charging using electric school buses to support the grid.
Expand Expanding CloseCompton, California, just got its first 25 electric school buses
Compton, California, has unveiled 25 new electric school buses – the school district’s first – and 25 Tellus 180 kW DC fast chargers.
Expand Expanding CloseGlades County schools deploy 13 new Blue Bird electric school buses
Florida students will be breathing a bit easier this year thanks to the deployment of 13 new Blue Bird electric school buses — some of which will be replacing diesel buses that have been service for over twenty years!
Expand Expanding CloseGo West, young brand – GreenPower Motor Company sells 11 more BEAST buses
GreenPower Motor Company says it’s received three orders for 11 of its BEAST electric Type D school buses for western state school districts in Arizona, California, and Oregon.
Expand Expanding CloseThomas Built Buses debuts its next-gen electric school bus
Thomas Built Buses just launched the second generation of its Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus originally unveiled in 2017 – here’s what’s new.
Expand Expanding CloseLion Electric lays off half its staff, looks to Groupe Mach for a bailout
Electric school bus maker Lion Electric has suspended manufacturing at its Joliet, Illinois facility after laying off nearly four hundred workers – more than half its global employees. The company hopes Canadian real estate developers Groupe Mach can save the day.
Expand Expanding CloseThese solar-roofed electric school buses are V2X
Student transport company First Student and utility Con Edison have launched a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) hub with 12 solar-roofed electric school buses in Brooklyn.
Expand Expanding CloseElectric school bus charging for everyone, and someone who wants to pay for it
On today’s highly educational episode of Quick Charge, we talk about some of the impacts that the EPA’s multi-billion dollar electric school bus programs are having on schools around the country and explore some innovative ways to help school districts pay for them.
Expand Expanding CloseThis sovereign tribal nation’s school district just got electric school buses
Minnesota’s only public school district located within a sovereign tribal nation has added two new electric school buses to its fleet.
Expand Expanding CloseBelgian bus operator Hansea to add 181 MAN electric buses to existing fleet
Belgian private bus operator Hansea already has 90 electric city buses in its fleet – and last week, the company announced plans to add 181 more electric buses by the end of 2025.
Expand Expanding CloseBlue Bird just delivered its 2,000th electric school bus
In a major milestone, Blue Bird (Nasdaq: BLBD) has delivered its 2,000th electric school bus to Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada.
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