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.
September 30th, 2017 | by Lisa Ann Pinkerton
We’ve partnered with Technica Communications* for a monthly roundup of some of the coolest cleantech press releases in a series we are calling Cleantech in Action. Some of the highlights this month include new lights for AT&T park in San Francisco, all-electric busses for a California school district, hyper-local veggies for an Iowa grocery store, Amazon's newest solar roof, and a 1.8 MW solar ground mount built to power a museum in Massachusetts
September 7th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
13 electric school buses from Motiv Power are now in use in the Sacremento area. They join 4 more already in service in the San Joaquin Valley and 2 more beginning trials in Los Angeles.
August 2nd, 2017 | by Sponsored Content
City dwellers have long suffered the negative effects of the exhaust emissions pouring out of the tailpipes of large diesel transit buses, school buses, and the like. Having ridden the bus to school in elementary school, I have very early memories of the thick columns of black exhaust being piped out the back of the bus after being dropped off. It was never pleasant but recent studies revealing just how harmful and carcinogenic that very same diesel exhaust is to our health have made those large diesel vehicles targets for cities around the world as they work to map out their path forward to a clean air future
February 8th, 2017 | by James Ayre
The California Air Resources Board will be awarding up to $10 million in grants as part of a new school bus electrification and alternative fuels program known as The Rural School Bus Pilot Project, according to recent reports
February 3rd, 2017 | by James Ayre
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
May 17th, 2016 | by Kyle Field
CleanTechnica attended the ACT Expo in Long Beach and one of the big discoveries for us was the eLion — [&hellip
August 24th, 2014 | by Cynthia Shahan
This fall, some of California’s children will ride to school in electric style. The California Highway Patrol has approved the use [&hellip
March 5th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
We don’t have to wait any longer for all-electric school bus transport in the US. The Kings Canyon Unified School [&hellip
