Among the wins touted in the MI Healthy Climate Plan 2023 Annual Report:
“$125 million to help school districts buy clean school buses.”...
As the Illinois-based Environmental Policy and Law Center wrote, “This funding will prioritize low income and rural school districts, school districts in areas most affected by air pollution, and other environmental justice factors.”
Ann Arbor Public Schools was an early adopter of the electric school bus. Officials have admitted publicly that the onboarding of just four electric school buses has been a struggle.
As the Illinois-based Environmental Policy and Law Center wrote, “This funding will prioritize low income and rural school districts, school districts in areas most affected by air pollution, and other environmental justice factors.”
Ann Arbor Public Schools was an early adopter of the electric school bus. Officials have admitted publicly that the onboarding of just four electric school buses has been a struggle.
- Cost was a problem. The buses themselves cost five times what a regular bus would, while the charging infrastructure was four times more expensive than estimated.
- There were also downtime and performance issues...
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