School buses are ripe for electrification. First off, they replace dirty diesel with clean electrons, which dramatically reduces emissions of both CO2 as well as other harmful pollutants like air particulates and NOx. Since a majority of low-income children (60%) ride the bus to school and school buses with lower … [continued]
By Zach Shahan and Johnna Crider Blue Bird has delivered its 400th electric school bus in North America. The next 400 will come much quicker than the first 400. The company expects to have 1,000 electric school buses delivered by some point in 2022. It was just in December that … [continued]
Blue Bird has gone from 100 electric bus sales to 300 electric bus sales within the year!
We’ve written about Blue Bird electric school buses a few times, but adoption has not been as quick as an electric enthusiast might have hoped.
BYD is electrifying Bali and Jakarta with a new order for a fleet of 200 of BYD’s fully electric T3 vans from the operator of the largest taxi network in Indonesia, PT Blue Bird Tbk. The new order is the largest order for fully electric taxis in history in Indonesia and also sets a new record for BYD for its electric vans outside of China.
Proterra is kicking things up a notch with the announcement that it has closed a massive $155 million financing round, led by Daimler, Tao Capital Partners, and G2VP.
Vehicle-to-grid technology has been the ever-elusive golden egg for many renewable energy advocates, but always seems to get stuck because, among other things, it’s expected the average buyer of a personal vehicle won’t want to pay for it — which means manufacturers won’t have an incentive to build the tech into their cars.
PIRG is urging state and local communities to allocate a portion of the money they receive from the Volkswagen diesel emissions settlement to spark the transition to electric school buses.
The plug-in electric school bus startup Blue Bird has begun taking orders for its new electric Type C & D configuration school buses, according to a new press release. The company is reportedly the only one in the US currently offering such configurations.
Things seem to be moving along nicely with regard to one of the most promising applications of electric vehicle technology — all-electric school buses that can potentially replace the diesel-spewing ones in common use today.
