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Rural Challenges for Electric School Buses
Let’s talk about rural bus fleets, which comprise the bulk of EPA’s 7,000 plus prioritized school districts. The priority makes sense in that most rural areas have economic hardships. Their wages, property tax…
Read MoreEPA Clean School Bus Application Screenshot
Below is a screenshot, for reference purposes only, taken June 15, 2022, of the (easy!) EPA application for Clean School Bus Program funding. Deadline to apply in this round is August 19,…
Read MoreThree Key Tips for Landing Electric School Bus Funding
With Federal Clean School Bus Funding for 5 years (2022-2027), my advice: apply for ESB funds whether or not you’re on EPA’s prioritized list. Why? Many of the prioritized districts won’t…
Read MoreWhy to choose Electric over Propane School Buses?
Hello colleagues, I’ll be transparent about my agenda: I want the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program to be flooded by applications this summer for electric school buses ( ESB’s). It’s true that propane…
Read MoreElectric School Bus Glossary
As we all work to electrify school buses it can be challenging to keep up with all of the acronyms and terms that get thrown around. From Kilowatt to V2G …
Read MoreA Conversation Between Dusty Diesel and Ellie Electric
We have 1,738 electric school buses (ESB’s) are currently funded, ordered, delivered or operating in the U.S. (CALSTART). But 95% of the nation’s nearly half million school buses are diesel. Lots of…
Read MoreFunding coming available in 2022 for Electric School Buses
My ongoing mantra is that buses in general are great (they make public education possible!). I also love the people who drive them, ride them and work on them. Electric…
Read MoreThe Money Cannon for Electric School Buses
At a recent school bus conference Jackie Piero of Nuvve noted, “There is a money cannon getting ready to be shot out of Washington D.C. for electric school buses” (ESB’s)”…
Read MoreTen Tips on Electrifying your Bus Fleet
The electric bus world is growing rapidly, with more purchase orders being placed for them weekly, massive federal funding for them being proposed, and Manufactures announcing new manufacturing plants. If…
Read MoreElectric Buses And Equity: Six Principles For Combining Them
Electrification of bus fleets is moving forward at a fast clip around the nation, as is transportation electrification worldwide. We want to look at how and why equity and electrifying…
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