November 17th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
It used to be months between stories about electric school buses. Now it's becoming days! The latest piece of news in this sector is that Thermalito Union Elementary School District has bought 6 electric school buses from GreenPower
November 17th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Jeff Bezos' $10 billion Earth Fund has announced its first allocation of funds to well known and lesser known climate advocacy groups.
November 13th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Dominion Energy has an "Electric School Bus Initiative" in Virginia that involves the eventual rollout of 50 electric school buses in just its first phase
October 27th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
If you thought "clean diesel" was a scam long left in our automotive past, you haven't met the Donald Trump "Environmental Protection Agency" being run by former fossil fuel lobbyist Andrew Wheeler
October 19th, 2020 | by Joe Wachunas
Using the energy in our car batteries to power our homes during emergencies and our electrical grid during times of peak usage has felt like the holy grail where electrical vehicles, renewable energy, and efficient buildings all intersect
October 14th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
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
July 27th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
This massive infrastructure bill is the result of the work of many committees in the House. The centerpiece is the surface transportation bill (sometimes known as the highway bill) that gets passed about every 5 years. Then other legislative pieces got added, including adding tax incentives for electric vehicles and clean energy. The result is a good bill that will pass out of the House — the question, as always, is what will happen in the Senate
June 27th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan
Who doesn't remember the fumes, and the ensuing headache coming on, from riding on a school bus? I do. Transdev Canada is thinking about that, thinking about our children and grandchildren, and doing something about it
March 17th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan
We all tend to live in our own circle, our own world to some degree. Some of us are up to date on the transition to EVs and what is truly available, and some are missing that information. Thanks to CALSTART, there's now a great new tool for finding out what is presently available in e-mobility
January 12th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan
Dominion Energy has partnered with local Virginia school districts to begin replacing diesel buses with 100% electric school buses in phases
November 8th, 2018 | by Nexus Media
Communities across the U.S. are working on climate solutions
October 3rd, 2018 | by Vijay Govindan
We are asking you to submit comments to VWsettle@tceq.texas.gov to encourage them to allocate a large portion of the VW settlement to help schools procure electric school buses
April 16th, 2018 | by James Ayre
Careful Bus Company in New York City has partnered with XL to pilot the firm's XL hybrid system through integration with 5 of the bus company's conventional Ford E-Series vehicles
April 10th, 2018 | by James Ayre
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.
February 5th, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
Children are everyone's hope for positive change. They are every country's most valuable resource. Children make life sparkle and remind one of the most meaningful parts of life. Perhaps that is one main reason why critical health issues for children are so heartbreaking. Those health issues seem all the more tragic when they come from decisions that humans didn't have to make, from not thinking through the options in the best overall way
November 22nd, 2017 | by James Ayre
The first all-electric school bus in the UAE region is now in its final testing phase before full deployment by Emirates Transport — with the deployment of the 45 foot battery-powered bus representing one of the first in the world. The new electric bus was manufactured by the Shanghai Sunwin Bus Corporation, in close cooperation with Emirates Transport
November 15th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
Mercedes says series production of its new Citaro E-CELL electric bus will begin by the end of 2018. Both its electric city bus and electric school bus will be available by 2019.
