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Electric buses, however, do have a higher upfront cost — about $385,000 instead of about $135,000 for a diesel bus, Hafezizadeh said. ... to buy electric school buses as part of a nationwide ...
New York state passed a law last year requiring the purchase of electric buses by 2027, but attached little funding. The electric school bus cost $446K. Districts will need them.
Its cost ranges from US$190,000 to US$240,000 before federal and state incentives. [5] In 2020, the Thermalito Union Elementary School District in Thermalito, California ordered six BEAST (Battery Electric Automotive School Transportation) school buses from GreenPower. [12]
Each electric school bus costs upwards of $350,000. The district was also concerned about the high cost of installing EV charging stations and other infrastructure to support the buses.
A battery electric Proterra BE35 bus operated by San Joaquin RTD beside its fixed charging station Bay Shore, New York, brand new all-electric Blue Bird school buses. In 2014, the first production-model all-electric school bus was delivered [28] to the Kings Canyon Unified School District in California's San Joaquin
As of 2024, there are around 1,400 battery electric buses in London, [48] with the world's first battery electric double decker bus entering service in 2015. [49] As of 2024, there are over 1,700 electric buses operating in Moscow. [50] This is the largest electric bus fleet in Europe ahead of London's fleet of around 950 buses. [51]
NYSERDA’s New York State Electric School Bus Road Map predicts that federal and state funding opportunities should be enough to cover the difference in cost between diesel or gas-powered school ...
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.