Blue County Spent Millions on One of Kamala Harris' Favorite Things. It Didn't Go Well By Becky Noble

Kamala Harris Touted a $5B Electric School Bus Program. Three Years Later, It's Produced Just 60 Buses.

...Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) push to use electric school buses in the district resulted in what was deemed millions of dollars in "wasteful spending" due to several operational issues with the buses.

• The whole boondoggle began in February of 2021 when the district decided to replace 326 diesel buses with electric buses as part of a sustainability initiative.
• The grand total for taxpayers for these new buses: around $170 million.

 What did taxpayers get for their money? 

• The buses were not delivered to the district on time, 
• and there were continual mechanical issues.
• Because of this, the district was forced to partially revert to the diesel buses, 
• but because there were not enough of the old buses, the report showed that the district was forced to spend an additional $14 million on extra diesel buses to compensate for the inoperable electric buses...