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Oakland Unified Debuts All-Electric Fleet Of School Buses; 1st In The Nation
The new buses will not only result in less greenhouse gas emissions but parents and schools can monitor precisely where the kids are.
August 9, 2024
The Oakland Unified School District is rolling out the nation's first all-electric school bus fleet and providing a template to move away from pollution-producing diesel buses.
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The district's 74 EV buses will be entrusted with transporting all of the district's 1,300 special education children beginning with the start of the school year Monday. Unlike other school districts, OUSD supplies buses only for special needs students, while offering free passes for AC Transit buses for the larger student population.
The new buses will not only result in less greenhouse gas emissions, but parents and schools can monitor precisely where the kids are thanks to a new integrated platform, and the buses can send power to California's grid when not in use.
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