Gagan Dhillon, CEO of Synop, and I sat down recently to discuss why electric school buses are the perfect starter V2G fleet, real-world results from electric school bus V2G programs, making electric school bus (and other EV) fleets pencil out after the federal tax-credit cliff, EV fleet energy management, and … [continued]
Energy discharged from the buses’ batteries will now be available to support electric grid resilience District and school administrators hosted a ceremony on August 7th to celebrate the successful implementation of their new vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging system at the Fremont Unified School District (FUSD) Transportation Yard. The event was co-presented … [continued]
Company’s 25 Zero-Emission School Buses Help District Shift to Clean Student Transportation Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, is delivering 25 electric school buses to Little Rock School District (LRSD) in Arkansas. The zero-emission school bus fleet marks a new era of clean … [continued]
District will use charge management to maximize solar consumption and minimize utility bills Turlock, California — Turlock Unified School District (TUSD) celebrated the delivery of nine electric buses and charging infrastructure with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at their transportation center. They were joined by project partners Schneider Electric, The Mobility House, Turlock Irrigation District, A-Z … [continued]
One of the most exciting things about electric vehicles is the vast battery storage capacity in place inside electric vehicles across the country, or across the world. There’s so much potential to use those batteries to provide difference services to the electric grid, to one’s own home, to appliances and … [continued]
Con Edison and First Student are constructing a microgrid in Brooklyn to manage the charging requirements of electric school buses.
Electric buses are being put to use in Brooklyn as roving energy storage systems topped with solar panels, as part of a goal to electrify school bus fleets across the nation.
Electric school buses and other electric vehicles with vehicle-to-grid capability can help improve grid services for the whole community, by sharing the kilowatts stored up in their batteries.
Biloxi Public Schools (BPS) will be acquiring 29 new all-electric school buses and installing charging infrastructure for them. Electric school buses generate no direct air pollution, unlike their diesel and gas counterparts that emit exhaust which harms human health. Diesel exhaust, in particular, is a problem. “In its comprehensive assessment … [continued]
The Red Lake School District in Minnesota has unveiled a new electric school bus fleet, making it the first public school district with an indigenous population to utilize funding from the EPA Clean School Bus Program. As the majority of US school districts wait a bit longer to make the … [continued]
