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Massachusetts electric school bus delivered power back to grid for 50+ hours over the summer; V2G

Green Car Congress

In conjunction with Highland Electric Fleets and National Grid, a Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus equipped with a 226 kWh Proterra Powered battery system discharged nearly three megawatt-hours of electricity stored in the bus to the regional electric grid over the course of 30 events this summer.

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Electric school buses are reaching cost parity with diesel, and a California district will deploy one of the largest e-bus fleets in the state

Electrek

Lots of news in the segment of electric school buses this week, as Highland Electric Fleets signed an agreement with Thomas Built Buses to provide lower upfront costs to customers and expedite EV adoption; their letter of intent will put the price of an electric bus at cost parity with the traditional diesel option.

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EPA awards $5M in Clean Diesel Grants to 4 port projects

Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $5 million in grant funding for 4 clean diesel projects at ports in California, Oregon, New Jersey and Texas. These vessels operate between Atlantic Highlands in New Jersey and terminal locations in New York City.

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Baltimore just deployed a big electric school bus fleet

Baua Electric

Photo: Highland Fleets Baltimore City Public Schools just debuted 25 electric school buses – Maryland’s second-largest electric school bus fleet, behind Montgomery County Public Schools. Highland also handled the entire procurement process. The EPA’s Clean School Bus Program provided more than $9.4

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Baltimore City will transport 350 students every day with EV buses

Teslarati

Baltimore City is planning to replace several diesel-powered school buses with electric units later this month, serving 350 students with zero-emission transportation to school every day.

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Toyota Mirai manga, VW diesel deadline, electric-car speed record: Today's car news

Green Car Reports

Today, the Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car gets its own manga, Volkswagen misses a deadline to present a diesel solution that satisfies regulators, and a converted Corvette sets a speed record for electric cars. We have live photos of the 2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid from the 2016 New York Auto Show.

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It’s a buyers’ market! Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y dominate  rapidly growing used EV sales in Australia

EV Central

While demand growth for EVs outstrips traditional petrol and diesel vehicles, buyers still have the upper hand in an Australian used electric vehicle market dominated by Tesla. EV sales grew more than 13 per cent in March, which was substantially faster than petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles. Diesel numbers were 103,648 and 57,904.