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🚌⚡️Electrifying America's school buses is a major step towards creating a greener, more sustainable future! With over 500,000 school buses transporting millions of children every day, transitioning to electric buses has the potential to significantly reduce emissions and improve air quality for our communities. At EO Charging, we’re committed to helping school districts across the U.S. make this transition seamless. Electric buses reduces harmful pollution and operating costs, creating long-term savings for schools. Our latest blog dives into the benefits, challenges, and solutions involved in electrifying America’s school buses. From funding opportunities to overcoming infrastructure hurdles, we’re proud to be a part of this essential shift in the transportation sector. Want to learn more? Check out how we’re making electric bus fleets a reality and leading the charge for a cleaner, healthier future for the next generation! 🌎 https://lnkd.in/dgfqe6PP #ElectricBuses #SchoolTransportation #Sustainability #CleanEnergy #EOCharging #FleetElectrification #ZeroEmissions #FutureOfTransport

⚡️Electrifying America’s School Buses 🚌 Electrifying school buses in the US represents a significant opportunity to improve environmental health and reduce operational costs for school districts. With substantial funding from federal and state programs and the development of robust charging infrastructure, the transition to electric school buses is gaining momentum. As more districts adopt ESBs, the benefits of cleaner air, quieter operation, and long-term savings will become more apparent, driving further adoption and innovation in this critical sector. In our latest blog post, we explore the key elements essential for a smooth transition to electric school buses, including: 💵 Funding Opportunities: How federal and state programs are making ESBs more accessible. 🔌 Charging Infrastructure: Building a reliable and efficient network to support the new electric fleets. 🍃 Operational Benefits: Cleaner air, quieter rides, and long-term savings make a compelling case for electrification. Check out the full blog post here: https://lnkd.in/dgfqe6PP #ElectricSchoolBuses #EVCharging #EVFleets

https://lnkd.in/e9zWunE8 awesome V2G the Future looks bright Zum has set a goal of electrifying 10,000 bidirectional school buses, which will create the potential to supply 300 gigawatt-hours of energy to the power grids annually. In addition, Zum is electrifying school buses in its fleet in districts across the country, with San Francisco Unified and Los Angeles Unified — which are three and six times the size of Zum’s Oakland school bus fleet, respectively — to soon follow. #sustainability #alternativeenergy

https://lnkd.in/eczjaR5a 300 GWh of Energy just from school buses (10 000) Zum has set a goal of electrifying 10,000 bidirectional school buses, which will create the potential to supply 300 gigawatt-hours of energy to the power grids annually. In addition, Zum is electrifying school buses in its fleet in districts across the country, with San Francisco Unified and Los Angeles Unified — which are three and six times the size of Zum’s Oakland school bus fleet, respectively — to soon follow.

First Student, a North American provider of school bus services, has partnered with the Pontiac School District in Michigan and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deploy 40 new electric school buses and replace the district's entire fleet of diesel buses. The district secured the funding through the EPA's Clean School Bus Program, with a $9.75 million grant award in November 2023 and another $5.9 million grant award in January 2024. The EPA's Clean School Bus program is designed to help school districts replace existing diesel school buses with zero-emission buses. Replacing just one diesel school bus with an electric school bus helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 54,000 pounds annually. First Student intends to transition 30,000 of its diesel buses to electric by 2035 for improved health and well-being of students and communities. The company will start the deployment of the new buses during the 2024-25 school year. To save energy & cost for your business, contact me at https://buff.ly/2EjAMbu. #Reliability #EnergyStorage #EnergyEfficiency #Renewables #EnergyAudit #Procurement #Resilience https://buff.ly/43Is8gD

🙌 More big news to round out the week! One of the largest public school districts in America placed an order for 25 e-Boost Mobile units to power their district’s electric school bus (ESB) fleet. 🚌 🚌 🚌 “This order marks an important and exciting milestone for our #eMobility business. Electrifying #schooltransportation is central to the #cleanenergy transition in local communities, and Pioneer’s mobile e-Boost solution has been proven again to be an integral piece of this energy transition." -Geo Murickan e-Boost secured this order in collaboration with its channel partner, Eneridge Inc. (dba. Flitway) following a competitive bidding process involving multiple vendors and various charging technologies. #EVCharging #Sustainability #PioneerPower #eBoost #TransitIndustry #charginginfrastructure #infrastructureanxiety #evcharging #commercialcharging #fleets #fleetmanagement #efleet #efleetfast #L2charging #gov #schooltransportation #esb

The path to electrifying school bus fleets is clearer with automated load management. Find out how to optimize EPA funding for your fleet with ChargePilot®! ⚡ Leveraging Automated Load Management With ALM, EV charging implementation can be accelerated, enabling the installation of charging stations with a combined total nameplate electrical power rating that surpasses the site's grid connection capacity. 🚌 A Real World Example A great example of how this could work was recently implemented at the Zerega Avenue School Bus depot, operated by NYC School Bus Umbrella Services, Inc in the Bronx, NY. 🔌 ChargePilot®: Smart Charging Software The implementation of this intelligent charging and energy management system at large school bus depots has resulted in annual cost savings of over half a million dollars. 💬 Taking Action Reach out to The Mobility House today for a free consultation on how to overcome your power limitations. Discover more in this Knowledge Center article by Michelle Rose Howell, K12 Account Manager. #CleanSchoolBus #CSB #ElectricBuses #Sustainability #EPAFunding #ChargePilot #TheMobilityHouse #SmartCharging #AutomatedLoadManagement #ALM

What if we converted every school bus depot into a zero-emission peaker plant? 🔋 ⚡ 🚌 "California’s roughly 25,000 school buses could provide more than a gigawatt of electricity if converted to battery power, according to the California Energy Commission." #schoolbus #virtualpowerplants #electricvehicles #transportation #mobility #sustainability #cleanenergy https://lnkd.in/gqNT77Mk

Kudos to Alexander Coologeorgen, David Cohn, and their colleagues at Sargent & Lundy for the Storer Coachways School Bus Electrification Project in California! In my opinion, this EV configuration (if I understand the project correctly) is good 'engineering' common sense and is a great integrated Solar PV/Electric Vehicle application. Using solar-PV to charge battery packs during the day that subsequently charge the school bus EVs at night for their daily routes the next day is fantastic. As noted in the write-up, the system also provides storage and strengthens overall Grid reliability and resilience when the bus fleet is not in use. Outstanding! #ev #transportation #energypolicy #energy #energytransition #smr #windenergy #nuclearenergy #renewableenergy #fossilfuels #solarenergy #carpeopportunitas!

Interesting webinar if you are tuned into school transportation! "Discover how schools can leverage advanced technologies, including bidirectional vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging infrastructure, to establish resilience hubs benefiting students, staff, and the wider community." #CleanSchoolBus #GreenSchoolBus #ElectricSchoolBus #ElectricBuses #EVInfrastructure #alternativeenergy #sustainability #schoolbus #transportation #energytransition