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  2. Montgomery County Schools Begin Largest Deployment Of ...

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    MCPS hopes to have 326 electric school buses operating in the county in three years and an entirely electric school bus fleet in 10 years. During the 2021-22 school year, MCPS installed...

  3. More Electric School Buses Funded For Fairfax County Schools ...

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    Fairfax County's Joint Environmental Task Force, which includes Board of Supervisors and School Board representatives, set a goal of transitioning the FCPS school bus fleet to electric or...

  4. School bus - Wikipedia

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    A school bus is any type of bus owned, leased, contracted to, or operated by a school or school district. It is regularly used to transport students to and from school or school-related activities, but not including a charter bus or transit bus.

  5. Miami-Dade’s yellow school buses are going green. Soon, 100 ...

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    The yellow school bus is the largest transportation fleet in the country, according to a National Transportation Association white paper. An electric school bus costs $400,000 to $450,000...

  6. California school district becomes first in nation to go all ...

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    In a Facebook post Thursday, Oakland Unified announced that it is the first school district in the nation to use a fully electric bus fleet after partnering with electric bus startup Zūm.

  7. First Fleet Of Electric School Buses Launched In Fairfax ...

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    The Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school buses are powered by Proterra electric vehicle technology and a Proterra 60-kilowatt charging system. Find out what's happening in...

  8. Hybrid electric bus - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of Energy (USDOE) announced the selection of Navistar Corporation for a cost-shared award of up to $10 million to develop, test, and deploy plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) school buses. The project aims to deploy 60 vehicles for a three-year period in school bus fleets across the nation.

  9. Electric school buses finally make headway, but hurdles still ...

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    The first electric school buses in the United States began running a decade ago in three school districts in California, providing a ride that was much less noisy, smelly and dirty than the diesel ...

  10. Electric bus - Wikipedia

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    In 2023, Oakland, California introduced the first major fleet of electric school buses in a U.S. school district. These buses not only serve as a mode of transportation for students but also contribute 2.1 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually to the power grid , which is sufficient to power between 300 and 400 homes.

  11. Electric School Buses Coming To Worcester With EPA Grant - Patch

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    The new electric buses will complement Worcester's new gasoline fleet. Neal McNamara , Patch Staff Posted Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 2:43 pm ET | Updated Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 9:08 am ET