This legacy school bus maker just delivered its 1,000th electric school bus
Thomas Built Buses, founded in 1916, has delivered its 1,000th electric school bus to a school system in Georgia.
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GreenPower delivers its first electric school bus in Arizona
GreenPower has delivered an electric purpose-built Type D BEAST school bus to Arizona, its first in the state.
Expand Expanding CloseElectric vehicles outperformed diesel in this winter’s extreme cold
A lot of fuss was made this winter when some Tesla owners in Chicago experienced difficulty charging – but that wasn’t the experience for the majority of EV owners. In Colorado’s West Grand School District, electric school buses didn’t perform as well as their diesel counterparts. They performed better.
Expand Expanding CloseNew Jersey offers $50,000 bi-directional electric school bus incentive
New Jersey recently announced a $45 million, three-year pilot program to put electric school buses to work in 18 school districts – and it’s offering up to $50,000 more for buses with the ability to power the schools.
Expand Expanding CloseBaltimore just deployed a big electric school bus fleet
Baltimore City Public Schools just debuted 25 electric school buses – Maryland’s second-largest electric school bus fleet, behind Montgomery County Public Schools.
Expand Expanding CloseAn EV convoy is headed to Texas and Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation love it
An EV roadshow is headed to East Texas next week, and the Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation is helping to spearhead it.
Expand Expanding CloseMiami commits to putting 100 electric school buses on the road
Miami-Dade county is set to receive nearly $20 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to help cover the costs of 50 new electric school buses and 16 DC fast chargers, bringing the public school district’s total to 100 electric buses.
Expand Expanding CloseBlue Bird just got its single largest electric school bus order yet
Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD) got the single largest order of electric school buses to date from the second-largest public school system in the US.
Expand Expanding ClosePhoenix Motor is now the official owner of bankrupt Proterra Transit
Heavy-duty electric bus maker Proterra Transit just rose from the ashes because Phoenix Motor (Nasdaq: PEV) officially acquired it from bankrupt Proterra Inc.
Expand Expanding CloseEPA announces $1 billion in grant funding for electric school buses
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced nearly $1 billion in grant funding for electric school buses across the US – enough for more than 2,700 clean buses.
Expand Expanding CloseThis new electric school bus has a 300-mile range
GreenPower Motor Company’s Mega BEAST is an electric school bus with the biggest battery pack and most extended range yet on the US market.
Expand Expanding CloseCalifornia is about to go next-level with electric school buses
California governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed legislation that mandates all new school buses in the state to be electric starting in 2035.
Expand Expanding CloseNevada introduces great state incentives for electric trucks and buses
Nevada has a new law that lowers the price upfront of medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks and buses for businesses and public fleets.
Expand Expanding CloseBlue Bird opens electric school bus factory to build 5,000 buses per year
Blue Bird has opened a new “Electric Vehicle Build-Up Center” on the grounds of its main manufacturing plant in Fort Valley, Georgia. The 40,000-square-foot facility will help the company reach production of 5,000 electric school buses per year.
Expand Expanding CloseFord and Collins share specs for E-transit electric school bus, orders open today
The E-Transit Type A school bus, which Ford showcased back in March, is now available for order from Collins Bus Corporation, one of the leading US school bus manufacturers.
Expand Expanding CloseWeird Alibaba: You can buy your own electric school bus from China
In yet another entry of the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week that takes us into new territory, this week it’s time to grab your backpack and lunch money for your first day of school. Or at least your first day out and about on a new electric school bus. That’s right, this awesome electric school bus could be yours… if you want to bring it over from China.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s why EPA’s $400M in electric school bus grants matter and how they’ll be allocated
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just announced the availability of $400 million for clean school buses – the first round of funding available as grants. This is how the money is going to be distributed.
Expand Expanding CloseBoston kicks off rollout of 750 electric school buses with first of the fleet transporting students
Boston Public Schools has kicked off an ambitious new program to eventually convert its entire fleet of 750 vehicles to electric. The first Blue Bird Vision electric school buses are now in service, transporting thousands of students daily in what local government officials are calling the largest electric bus deployment in the Northeast.
Expand Expanding CloseCan zero-emission electric school buses improve attendance? New data may have the answer
With electric school buses rolling out across the US, new information suggests upgrading your district’s fleet may bring additional benefits beyond producing zero emissions, including higher attendance.
Expand Expanding CloseLion Electric (LEV) crosses 10 million miles driven with nearly 1,000 EVs on the road
Lion Electric ($LEV) has officially crossed 10 million miles driven, according to the commercial EV manufacturer’s fourth-quarter earnings released Friday. The electric bus, truck, and school bus maker doubled revenue in a record quarter as its total EVs on the road approached 1,000.
Expand Expanding CloseFord reveals an electric school bus based on the E-Transit cargo van
Ford is building electric school buses; you heard that right. The automaker is offering a Type A electric school bus package based on its top-selling E-Transit commercial van.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s how the largest electric school bus transition in the US is going so far
Those big yellow diesel school buses are a thing of the past as the US moves to zero-emission transportation. For those wondering how students and drivers are reacting to the transition, the Montgomery County Public School, which currently operates the largest electric school bus fleet in the US, gives us an inside look at how it’s going so far.
Expand Expanding CloseFree electric school buses? Stackable incentives nearly make it a reality
The days of kids sitting at the bus stop breathing toxic fumes may soon come to an end with new incentives that make electric school buses nearly free for school districts to obtain.
Expand Expanding CloseThe first US-made LionC zero-emission electric school bus rolls off the factory line in Illinois
As electric school buses gain momentum across the US, Lion Electric announced Wednesday it produced its first “made in America” LionC zero-emission EV school bus at its Joliet, Illinois factory.
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