Districts in New York, California, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Iowa and Washington will be the first states in the nation to receive hybrid school buses as part of the Plug-In Hybrid ElectricSchool Bus Project.
AISD (Austin Independent School District) and Killeen Independent School District will each receive 1 bus as part of an on-going program to improve fuel effeciency and protect the environment.
From the Enova Systems press release:
After issuing nationwide Request for Proposals (RFPs) for hybrid school buses in June 2006, Advanced Energy announced today at the 13th Annual School Transportation News Expo that IC Corporation, the nation's largest school bus manufacturer, won the bid and will provide up to 19 hybrid school buses to those 11 states.
"This project provides operational benefits to school districts,while also providing the reduced emissions desired by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a valuable return on investment to school boards," said Ewan Pritchard, P.E., Advanced Energy's hybrid program manager. "This bid award is the result of several years of collaborative effort among manufacturers, school districts and government agencies to change the school bus market."
Advanced Energy is a Raleigh-based non-profit corporation that enables utility customers to improve returns on their energy investments. The corporation also strives to create environmental, economic and societal benefits through innovative and market-based approaches to energy. The Hybrid Electric School Bus Project represents a collaborative effort among many parties to improve the nation's air quality. The project has demonstrated that industry, government and non-profits can successfully work together to improvethe environment and encourage the economy.
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