Baltimore City Public Schools Partners with Highland Electric Fleets to Deploy 25 Electric School Buses
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Martedì, Aprile 4, 2023
BEVERLY, Mass., April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Highland Electric Fleets, the leading provider of school bus fleet electrification-as-a-service in North America, is partnering with Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) to install 25 chargers and deploy 20 Type C electric school buses (ESB) from IC Bus and 5 Type A ESB from Collins Bus during the 2023-2024 school year. As an EPA Clean School Bus Program priority district, City Schools worked with Highland to apply for Round One of the program, and received $9,425,000 to bring cleaner, more equitable transportation to historically marginalized Baltimore communities disproportionately impacted by pollution and climate change.
Key Points:
- Supported by $9.4M from the EPA's Clean School Bus Program, the project will bring cleaner air and reliable transportation to the City Schools community
BEVERLY, Mass., April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Highland Electric Fleets, the leading provider of school bus fleet electrification-as-a-service in North America, is partnering with Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) to install 25 chargers and deploy 20 Type C electric school buses (ESB) from IC Bus and 5 Type A ESB from Collins Bus during the 2023-2024 school year. - "We are excited that by electrifying our school bus fleet, we will contribute to cleaner air for students and staff, and for our entire community," said Lynette Washington, Chief Operating Officer at Baltimore City Public Schools.
- By combining private capital with public funding available through programs such as the EPA's Clean School Bus Program, Highland removes the upfront cost of upgrading to electric school bus fleets.
- "We are thrilled to support City Schools' sustainability goals and look forward to helping them expedite their electrification transition."