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Electric school buses

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News and information about electric school buses in Canada, including their local manufacturing and their adoption and deployment in school bus fleets.

Front view of a yellow school bus parked in front of a hydro sub-station

V2G from commercial fleet vehicles can drive Canada to a green future and the time to act is now

Canada needs a stable supply of electricity to ensure that electrification — a critical component of Canada’s net-zero strategy — can proceed. We should be going all-in on V2G
Alberta, British Columbia B.C., Electric school buses, Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, Electric Vehicle Policies Canada, Electric Vehicles Canada, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Vehicle to Grid (V2G)
Young child walking towards school bus ready for school

Montreal foundation awards $800,000 in “catalytic capital” to spur electric school bus adoption in Canada

EXCLUSIVE: The Trottier Family Foundation, highlighting electric school buses’ climate and health benefits, will fund 10 organizations over two years to lobby governments, conduct policy research and build grassroots support
Electric school buses
Two LionC electric school buses on charge

Canada Infrastructure Bank to fund 4,000 electric school buses in Quebec

The $400-million loan to provincial bus operators is the latest investment from the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s $1.5 billion zero-emission bus initiative to assist in the transition from diesel transit in Canada
electric buses, Electric school buses, Quebec
School children running to catch School bus

Student Transportation of Canada places conditional order for 1,000 electric school buses

The order, for Lion Electric buses, still hinges on financial support from the federal Zero Emission Transit Fund. If approved, Student Transportation of Canada will become the largest operator of zero-emission school buses in the country
Electric school buses, Lion Electric, Quebec
Interviewees, Pierre and Patrick, in front of their electric school bus

Transdev-Lion deal for 27 electric school buses shows why Quebec is winning in the EV economy

In an exclusive video interview, Transdev and Lion Electric explain how Quebec’s trio of attributes — clean energy, local manufacture, government incentives — paved the way for the deal, enabling Transdev to achieve a 99 per cent emission reduction with these vehicles
Electric school buses, Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Manufacturing, Lion Electric, Quebec