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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.
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.
Electric buses, however, do have a higher upfront cost — about $385,000 instead of about $135,000 for a diesel bus, Hafezizadeh said. ... less maintenance than typical diesel buses, and the ...
NREL published following total operating cost per mile: with County Connection, for June 2017 through May 2018, for an 8-vehicle diesel bus fleet, the total operating cost per mile was $0.84; for a 4-vehicle electric bus fleet, $1.11; [167] with Long Beach Transit, for 2018, for a 10-vehicle electric bus fleet, $0.85; [168] and with Foothill ...
Electric school buses would have a big impact on lowering greenhouse gas emissions in the state. Switching 10,000 school buses, about a quarter of the fleet, to electric would be the equivalent to ...
Although electric school buses currently cost a lot more than diesel options — about $400,000 for an electric ride compared to $150,000 for a diesel version — they get better mileage and ...
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.
Thomas Built Buses announced a partnership with Proterra in October 2018 to build an electric version of the Saf-T-Liner C2 school bus, called the "Jouley." [ 34 ] [ 38 ] The Jouley is equipped with 220 kWh of battery storage, providing an estimated range of 134 miles (216 km) and capable of recharging in three hours using 60 kW DC fast ...