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Bloomberg

EV Hype Overshadows Public Transit as a Climate Fix

By Skylar Woodhouse and Saleha Mohsin 01/25/23

President Joe Biden has fought for tax breaks for EV buyers, urged carmakers to convert their fleets and secured billions of dollars to wire a coast-to-coast network of charging stations. In 2021, he even slipped…

The New York Times

The Day I Stood in the Path of a Driverless Bus

By James Barron 10/20/22

As a mild-mannered reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper, I know what I’m supposed to do. So you won’t be surprised that I stopped a two-and-a-half-ton bus. And I did it without leaping over any…

Utilitydive

Electric bus orders surge, but deliveries lag

By Dan Zukowski 08/11/22

Transit bus manufacturers New Flyer and Proterra reported continued growth in new orders for battery-electric buses but deliveries slowed due to component shortages, the companies said in earnings announcements last week. “We are seeing significant…

power magazine

Turning Public Transit into a Solar Paradigm

By Kennedy Maze 07/01/22

Singer-songwriter Paul Simon once advised that one of the 50 ways to leave your lover is to “hop on the bus, Gus.” But on Martha’s Vineyard, the popular vacation destination off the Massachusetts coast, hopping…

Times Union

New York schools have five years to begin electric bus conversion

By Rachel Silberstein 04/13/22

A provision in the New York state budget enacted on Friday seeks to transform the school transportation sector on an ambitious timeline, requiring all school buses purchased after 2027 to run on electricity and replacing…

Boston to replace school buses with electric ones by 2030

By Mark Pratt 04/06/22

Boston plans to replace its entire fleet of more than 700 school buses with electric vehicles by 2030, starting with 20 buses that will be taking kids to school some time during the next school…

electrek

US school bus maker Blue Bird receives its largest-ever order of electric school buses

By Michelle Lewis 03/29/22

California’s Modesto City Schools ordered 30 Blue Bird All American Type D electric school buses to convert nearly half of its diesel-powered fleet to electric. The school district expects to save more than $250,000 a…

Protocol

The Biden administration wants to electrify city and school buses

By Veronica Erwin 03/07/22

The electrified future of transportation is coming to city and school buses across the U.S. On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced billions in funding for programs that will reduce carbon emissions from public transit,…

NYLCVEF

Electric School Bus Ride & Drive Event in Albany!

03/04/22

On Wednesday, March 2nd, NYLCV held a ride and drive event for New York State Legislators with some electric school bus manufacturers. Electric school buses from Blue Bird, Lion Electric Company, and a retrofitted diesel…

Axios

Where to encounter some of the first self-driving vehicles

By Joann Muller 02/03/22

More driverless trucks and taxis are going to be on the roads in the near future — if you know where to look. (Primarily San Francisco and Phoenix.) Why it matters: Years of simulations and…

Utility Dive

More electric buses join transit fleets as costs and technology improve

By Dan Zukowski 02/02/22

Planning, training and learning from other cities will smooth the transition to zero-emission bus fleets, say transit leaders.

stonline

The Big Deal About NYC’s First Electric School Buses Being Diesel Repowers

By Joseph Wachunas 01/07/22

New York City has committed to going all-electric with its school buses by 2035. The first electric school buses are hitting the city’s streets now and they are pioneering a new model for transitioning their…

KEY RESOURCES

I Transport Dreams

05/04/22

As both pioneer and leader in alternative fuel vehicles, Blue Bird was first to market electric school buses in 1994. With advances in battery technology, we can now offer efficient and affordable electric-powered buses. The…

All-electric type d school bus

05/04/22

The eLionD was designed, created and manufactured to be 100% electric. Lion’s proven transportation electrification technology and expertise is now translated into an all-electric Type D school bus. The eLionD components require very little maintenance…

The Lion Electric

Lion Electric Chosen For V2x Collaboration With U.S. Department Of Energy And Industry Leaders To Develop Bidirectional Charging Infrastructure

04/27/22

Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV) ("Lion" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles, has announced that the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S.…

Public Transportation

10/07/21

The latest on mass transit around the world, from mobility and types of public transport to policy and road safety...

Public Transportation Reduces Greenhouse Gases and Conserves Energy

07/19/21

Public transportation is reducing energy consumption and harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) greenhouse gas emissions that damage the environment. Traveling by public transportation uses less energy and produces less pollution than comparable travel in private vehicles.…

The first stop in your electric journey? Right here.

04/22/20

Electric buses are emissions-free at the tailpipe, noise pollution-free and fossil fuel-free. But they’re not a plug-and-play proposition. In fact, the route to electric vehicles (EVs) is complex and includes twists and turns like infrastructure,…

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Environment+Energy Leader

Maryland Department of Transportation Makes Plans for Total Electric Bus Fleet

By David Worford 12/22/21

Following Maryland’s Zero-Emission Bus Transition Act as well as the growing need to stay on top of technology and replace its aging fleet, the Maryland Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA)…

Construction Dive

Traffic is Boring: Tracking Elon Musk’s tunneling proposals

By Zachary Phillips 11/17/21

Elon Musk wants to solve traffic congestion. The richest man in the world founded the Boring Co. in December 2017, in hopes of solving traffic problems in major cities by creating underground systems. Unlike other…

Electrek

Lion Electric receives conditional PO for 1,000 electric school buses, the largest fleet in North America

By Scooter Doll 10/25/21

Medium and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric Co. recently announced a conditional purchase order from Student Transportation of Canada (STC) for 1,000 of its all-electric Lion C school buses. The PO is dependent upon a…

TreeHugger

Hyundai’s New EV Will Soon Be a Self-Driving Taxi

By Marc Carter 09/02/21

Self-driving cars are expected to arrive in the next few years and with that, the way you get around will be forever changed. With the arrival of self-driving cars, that also means that a common…

The Hill

Electric school bus investments could drive US vehicle electrification

By Dan Lashof 09/01/21

In early August, President Joe Biden set an ambitious and necessary goal for half of all new passenger vehicles sold in the United States to be electric by the end of the decade.

MICROGRID KNOWLEDGE

Maryland RFI Seeks Microgrid Information to Help Electrify Bus Fleet

By Lisa Cohn 06/29/21

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has issued a request for information (RFI) for firms that can plan, provide, operate, and maintain facilities for bus electrification, and it is considering incorporating microgrids into the project.

The Washington Post

Metro is phasing out diesel-powered buses, with plans to transform its fleet to electric by 2045

By Justin George 06/24/21

Metro will phase in an electric-powered bus fleet over more than two decades under a plan the transit agency’s board of directors approved Thursday.

Yale Climate Connections

School bus fleet to go electric in Montgomery County, Maryland

By YCC Team 06/14/21

Students in Montgomery County, Maryland, will soon have a cleaner, quieter ride to school. The local public school system is replacing 25 of its old diesel school buses with electric. And it plans to convert…

stnonline

How to Electrify the School Bus Fleet in the U.S.

06/01/21

The yellow school bus is an American icon, with a timeless design that is recognized at a glance across the country. Ferrying millions of children to school each day, the yellow school bus is also…

New York Daily News

NYC’s purchase of school buses should supercharge transition to electric fleet: advocates

By Michael Elsen-Rooney 03/22/21

The city’s purchase of hundreds of yellow buses could jump-start what has been a slow effort to add electric vehicles to the diesel-guzzling school-bus fleet, advocates argue in a new report.

wtop news

MCPS to become nation’s biggest operator of electric school buses

By Nick Iannelli 02/25/21

Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland’s largest school system, will add hundreds of electric bus school buses to its fleet, and will become the biggest operator of electric school buses in the U.S., with the goal…

The Washington Post

A lesson in electric school buses

By Steven Mufson and Sarah Kaplan 02/24/21

Hundreds of electric school buses are about to hit the roads in Montgomery County in an effort to cut tailpipe emissions that warm the planet and can affect student health.

Tap into newark

Belleville School District to Add Two New Electric Buses, Funded by a State Grant

By Tap Into Newark Staff 02/22/21

The ride to school will soon be more environmentally friendly for some Belleville students. The school district will be adding two new electric school buses from Lion Electric valued at $834,604 through a grant contributed…

YOUTUBE

BSD Electric Bus Delivery

02/05/21

BSD is the first school district in the state of Oregon to receive delivery of two electric school buses, with the help of a $561,727 grant from Portland General Electric. Learn how the district was…

msn news

Central Kitsap School District adds electric touch to school bus fleet

By Jeff Graham and Kitsap Sun 02/02/21

Dozens of students at PineCrest Elementary in East Bremerton are enjoying a unique ride to school these days in an electric bus that began its transportation duties on Jan. 22. The zero-emission electric bus is…

Workshop Outlines Challenges and Opportunities for Electrifying NYC Buses

02/25/20

The Metropolitan Transit Authority aims to have a fully electric municipal bus fleet by 2040. ...

UPS orders 10,000 electric delivery trucks, will test autonomous vans

02/09/20

UPS says it has ordered 10,000 electric delivery vehicles from electric vehicle maker Arrival and plans to test Waymo self-driving vans....

Sustainable Bus

Electric school bus fleet in NY State. Lion Electric buses will be used also as power storage unit

By Editorial 12/04/18

New York State has launched an electric school bus test fleet. The five vehicles were purchased from Lion Electric and are used by the operator National Express. Range? About a hundred kilometers, with night recharging…