Largest Order Of Electric School Buses In North America Placed By First Student
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/23/largest-order-of-electric-school-buses-in-north-america-placed-by-first-student/The largest student transportation provider in North America, First Student, recently placed the largest order of electric school buses with Lion Electric Company. Lion manufactures both all-electric medium- and heavy-duty urban vehicles, and together the two companies announced the order. First Student is ordering 260 all-electric LionC school buses. This is the largest order of school buses — of any powertrain — Lion has ever received. This is a huge win for fleet electrification and especially for the local kids since these new buses will not pollute the air students breathe as they board, deboard, and ride the buses like fossil fuel buses do.
Deliveries are expected to take place at the start of the second half of 2021 through the first half of 2023. The buses will be used by Transco, a subsidiary of First Student that operates in Quebec. This news follows another recent announcement by Lion Electric concerning the construction of its battery manufacturing plant and innovation center in Quebec.
CEO and Founder of Lion Marc Bedard shared thoughts on the new order. “Today marks a new step in the adoption of zero-emission school buses. First Student’s leadership demonstrates that zero-emission technology is here to meet the needs of the market at scale, as is our production capacity,” he said. “We are not talking about pilot programs, but rather entire bus fleets going electric, with vehicles that meet the daily requirements of the industry’s largest operators.”...
