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CALSTART: Inventory of US electric school buses hit 1,738 in Sep 2021

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In total, there are some 480,000 school buses in the US—more than 95% powered by diesel. School districts are exploring alternative deployment models such as turnkey and Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) to ease the high upfront cost of ESB adoption.

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NJ state Senate approves bill requiring New Jersey DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program

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On a typical school day, more than 800,000 New Jersey students ride to and from school on one of the state’s 15,000 diesel school buses. The sticker price of a new electric school bus can be nearly triple that of a new diesel bus, making it difficult for school districts to afford making an immediate transition.

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California “gasoline superuser” bill advances; focusing ZEV incentives on reducing gasoline use

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The California Assembly Transportation Committee passed a landmark ZEV incentive reform bill, AB 2816 , by a 6-2 vote on Monday. Beginning in 2024, ZEV incentives would be awarded based on the average annual gallons of gasoline or diesel that the applicant’s vehicle consumed.

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OptiFuel finalizing $2.6M DOE grant to demonstrate RNG hybrid line-haul locomotive

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The program will demonstrate that a suite of commercially available, EPA-rail-certified engines present a near-term, low-risk solution to create an affordable RNG hybrid line-haul locomotive with near zero emissions while simultaneously improving fuel cost by 50%. In 2018, Class I, II, and III railroads purchased 4.7

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Why Schools Should Electrify Their Bus Fleets

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The transition away from gasoline and diesel vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is going full throttle in the United States, and that includes the iconic yellow school bus. Empowering clean transportation for children We’ll start with the most important reason; electric school buses are healthier for the children.

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IMI calls on UK Government to invest £30M in hybrid and electric vehicle training; affordability issue

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In the UK, the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) is calling on the UK Government to make a £30-million (US$37-million) investment in specialist electric and hybrid vehicle training for thousands of maintenance and repair technicians in the independent retail sector.

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California Governor signs two bills to strengthen emission standard for trucks; Executive Order leverages $700B portfolio to strengthen climate resiliency

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CARB is tasked with developing new grant criteria for clean vehicle programs to encourage manufacturers to produce clean, affordable cars and propose new strategies to increase demand in the primary and secondary markets for zero emission vehicles. Medium and heavy-duty diesel trucks make up only four percent of the 28.2

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