Totally concur, but the companies coming to the dance at this point (ie have product) are less than stellar. There are also infrastructure issues needing to be addressed as well (ie adding level 3 charging at the bus shed). Sadly, my district in southern oregon will not be a “pioneer”, but rather a “follower.”
Sincerely, Bob Bath 541.761.0838 Note: any misspellings of the contents of this message are due to 56 y.o. vision, hyperactive spell check changing what I typed, or fat fingering— not cluelessness. > On Oct 26, 2022, at 8:04 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > 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. > > ------------- > > 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. > > ---------- > > Peri > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
