Someone got rich! And got political "donations"!-----“Your Tax Dollars At Waste: Kansas School District Halts EV Buses Due to Student Safety Concerns” DAVID BLACKMON

“Out of an abundance of caution, and in line with our highest priority of student safety, we made the decision to remove the buses from active service while we work with the manufacturer toward resolution.”

Local TV station KSNT reports that the district took that action due to repeated dangerous operational issues with the buses, including 

• brake failure, 
• steering loss, and 
• other safety-related problems.

The buses in question were manufactured by a Quebec-headquartered outfit named Lion Electric, which also had operations in both California and Illinois. 

I use the past tense there because Lion Electric decided in December, 2024 to file for creditor protection under the Canadian Companies Creditor’s Arrangement Act...
But those dual bankruptcy filings came only after hundreds of millions of U.S. and Canadian subsidy dollars had been poured into the company to enable it to manufacture its faulty products...