First Student Launches Six New Electric School Buses in Pennsylvania from EPA Round One Funding
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, First Student, the leading school transportation provider in North America, and proven industry leader in electrification, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Steelton-Highspire School District celebrating the deployment of the first electric school buses (ESB) in Pennsylvania funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean School Bus Program.
- Steelton-Highspire is replacing six of the school district's seven buses with First Student's electric emissions-free buses.
- Replacing just one diesel school bus with an electric one can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 54,000 pounds annually.
- First Student currently operates more than 330 electric school buses in North America, having already covered over 3 million miles of zero emission service.
- The EPA's Clean School Bus Program provides funding to school districts to assist with the costs of replacing fossil fuel-powered school buses with zero-emission vehicles.