Probably this isn't news anymore :)
I think this is particularly a good move. School buses generally don't
have very long routes, start and stop a lot, and carry "precious
developing lungs" on board. Especially when buses are queued, exhaust
from the bus in front gets sucked into the cabin of the next. I remember
well, when I was a kid.
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Government awarding $1 billion to schools for electric buses
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/government-awarding-1-billion-to-schools-for-electric-buses/
(from AP)
Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C.,
along with several tribes and U.S. territories, are receiving roughly $1
billion in grants to purchase about 2,500 “clean” school buses under a
new federal program.
...
Only about 1% of the nation’s 480,000 school buses were electric as of
last year
...
The EPA said it received about 2,000 applications requesting nearly $4
billion for more than 12,000 buses, mostly electric. A total of 389
applications worth $913 million were accepted to support purchase of
2,463 buses, 95% of which will be electric, the EPA said. The remaining
buses will run on compressed natural gas or propane.
...
Harris and Regan are expected to announce the awards at an event in
Seattle with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Gov. Jay Inslee.
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Peri
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