City will phase in 75 electric school buses over the next two years; To support citywide electric vehicle adoption, the administration will expand legislation that requires all new parking lots include EV charging infrastructure. NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio doubled down on his commitment to reduce carbon and air pollution from vehicles by announcing that […]
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School Buses May Foul Air for Many Years
October 11, 2005 – New York City’s fleet of 6,200 yellow school buses is the largest in the country by far. And despite recent efforts to clean up the most polluting buses in the fleet, it may still be one of the dirtiest.
In a city with asthma rates so high that in some neighborhoods — Harlem, for example — one in four children has the disease, officials have found that efforts to reduce harmful emissions from school buses are hindered by the age of the fleet and by the fact that the buses are owned not by the city, but by outside companies.
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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AWAITING ELECTRIC BUSES: ‘WE’RE REALLY READY’ May 7, 2020 – When students eventually return to the Triad school district in southwest Illinois, officials are hoping to have a cleaner option to get them there. The district has arranged for the purchase of three Motiv Type C electric school buses through funding […]
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FLIPPING THE SWITCH ON ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES: CO-OPS SEE ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES AS A WAY TO BUILD INTEREST IN EVS April 29, 2020 – When Colorado’s West Grand School District rolls out its first electric school bus this fall, Chris Michalowski thinks it might be the thing that flips the switch on his community’s interest […]
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MOTIV POWER SYSTEMS AND CREATIVE BUS SALES PARTNER TO BUILD A ZERO-EMISSION ALL-ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS FOSTER CITY, Calif., Jan. 20, 2016 — Continuing to demonstrate its collaborative approach to greening America’s fleets, Motiv Power Systems and Creative Bus Sales, Inc announced they will partner on a new all-electric school bus. Called the Starcraft e-Quest XL, […]
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COLLINS BUS PARENT REV GROUP SELLS SHUTTLE BUSINESSES, BOOSTS SCHOOL BUS FOCUS May 11, 2020 – MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Specialty vehicle brand manufacturer REV Group completed on Friday the sale of its two shuttle bus businesses to Forest River Inc., a manufacturer of recreational vehicles and shuttle buses, and will sharpen its focus on producing […]
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BLUE BIRD DELIVERS 100TH ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS TO CALIFORNIA DISTRICT April 14, 2020 – SALINAS, Calif. — The 100th fully-electric Blue Bird school bus was delivered to Alisal Union School District in Salinas, California. Alisal Union School District received the bus from A-Z Bus Sales on March 27, which will replace an aging diesel-powered unit […]
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NEW ELECTRIC TYPE A SCHOOL BUS COMING FROM COLLINS May 21, 2018 – The electric school bus market keeps charging up, now with a new Type A model on the way from Collins Bus Corp. The forthcoming Collins electric school bus utilizes Motiv Power Systems’ Electric Powered Intelligent Chassis (EPIC), based on the Ford E-450 […]
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40 ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES HEADED TO WASHINGTON DISTRICTS April 29, 2020 – $12 million from VW settlement will help districts slash emissions. OLYMPIA – Washington schools may be closed for the year, but when students return, some will be riding in 40 new, zero-emission electric school buses, thanks to grants from the Washington Department of […]
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FRANKLIN PIERCE HIGH SCHOOL GETS WASHINGTON STATE’S FIRST ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS June 17, 2019 – With a full bus of students, legislators, local leaders and reporters, Gov. Jay Inslee rode in the first electric school bus in Washington on Monday, making a lap around a Tacoma block and ending up in the Franklin Pierce High […]
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