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Seed By Seed, Bus By Bus — Climate Solutions (VIDEO)

November 8th, 2018 | by Nexus Media

Communities across the U.S. are working on climate solutions

Electrify School Buses In Texas With VW Settlement Money — Campaign

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

Careful Bus Company Deploys Public School Buses Outfitted With XL Hybrid Systems

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

Blue Bird Now Taking Orders For Electric School Buses To Be Delivered In 2018

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.

Air Quality

Children Need Zero-Emissions, Electric School Buses

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

Clean Transport

Emirates Transport Launching First All-Electric School Bus In Region

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

Batteries

Mercedes Citaro E-CELL Electric Bus Production To Begin By End Of 2018

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.

Clean Transport

Electric School Bus From Daimler Due In North America In 2019

November 12th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley

Daimler, which owns Thomas Built Buses, says it will begin offering an electric school bus with 100 miles of range to North American customers beginning in 2019.

LED Lights, All-Electric School Buses, Hydroponic Gardens … (Cleantech in Action Series)

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

Batteries

Motiv Power Provides Electric School Buses To California Communities

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.

GreenPower Aims to Solve City Emissions with Full Suite of Electric Buses

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

Clean Transport

The Rural School Bus Pilot Project — California Air Resources Board To Award Up To $10 Million For School Bus Electrification

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