Ecology's latest grant to support electric school bus purchases can also be used to renew and update existing electric bus ...

More public buses are ditching diesel engines for battery packs and hydrogen fuel-cell power. But in recent years, this newer, greener tech has encountered industrywide manufacturing challenges and ...

The sun is just beginning to rise over the farm fields of the Herscher school district, 70 miles southwest of Chicago, but the youngest passengers on Bus 24 are already buzzing with excitement. The ...

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The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) created once- in-a-generation funding to electrify school buses across the country. The legislation ...

In an industrial corner of Oakland, wedged between a 10-lane freeway and a freight terminal, sits California’s newest source of renewable energy: a squadron of shiny yellow electric school buses. It’s ...

New York State has delayed a mandate that would require school districts to electrify their bus fleets.

ONTARIO COUNTY, N.Y. — Schools are urging the state to further stall the mandated transition to electric bus fleets. The cost of electric buses, range challenges and the infrastructure needed to ...

PONTIAC, Mich. — The Pontiac School District is preparing to launch its new fleet of 40 electric school buses in the coming weeks, marking a significant step toward cleaner transportation for students ...

Scania has a new plug-in hybrid bus platform. It combines a new 13-liter engine with two electric motors and a high-voltage battery pack that can be recharged from a DC fast charger. The Swedish ...

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