EPA Accepting Applications for DERA School Bus Rebates Program
A new funding opportunity for public school bus fleets opened last week when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality...
Virginia Earmarks $20M in VW Funds to Spur Electric School Bus Growth
Virginia school districts will be able to start applying for Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust funds early next year to upgrade diesel school buses to...
First Student Pilot Tests Electric School Bus in Minnesota
North America’s largest school bus contractor launched one of several new initiatives to test the feasibility of all-electric vehicles to transport students to and...
Michigan Welcomes First Electric School Buses
Seven school districts across the Wolverine State have used Volkswagen Mitigation Trust Fund money to acquire a total of 17 electric school buses. The...
Largest Electric School Bus Deployment Ever of 1,000 Vehicles Set
Dominion Energy Virginia has announced plans for the largest electric school bus deployment in the U.S., with the aim of reducing emissions, providing cost...
University Study Claims Propane School Buses Outperform Diesel in Reducing NOx
A year-long study performed by the nonprofit Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions (CAFEE) at West Virginia University, and commissioned by the propane...
Zero Emissions School Buses Make Cents
The modern availability of products, services, and training, makes it entirely possible to successfully and cost-effectively integrate electric school buses into a district fleet.
An...
Washington School District Purchases its First All-Electric School Bus
On Monday, June 17, Franklin Pierce School District (FPS) unveiled the state of Washington’s first all-electric school bus. The Blue Bird vehicle fits right...
Senate Bill Seeks to Replace Diesel School Buses with Electric
A partisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Kamala Harris would authorize $2 million to pay the incremental cost of replacing diesel...
North Dakota’s First All-Electric School Bus Unveiled
West Fargo Public Schools recently unveiled its first all-electric school bus, the first to be built by a U.S. manufacturer and deployed in the...
November 2019
Meet our 2019 Transportation Director of the Year, Greg Jackson, from Jefferson County Schools in Colorado. This...
Buyer’s Guide 2019
Find the latest vehicle production data, state student ridership and budget reports, industry trends and contact information...
