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Blue Bird Delivers First Electric School Bus Fleet to Carter County Schools in Kentucky
School District Launches Pilot Program with 23 Zero-emission Vehicles Funded by EPA’s Clean School Bus Program MACON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blue Bird
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nSchool District Launches Pilot Program with 23 Zero-emission Vehicles Funded by EPA’s Clean School Bus Program\n\n\n MACON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nBlue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, is supplying 23 electric school buses to Carter County Schools (CCS) in Kentucky. The zero-emission vehicles mark a new era of clean student transportation for the school district. CCS operates eleven schools serving approximately 4,200 students.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240103352606/en/Blue Bird is delivering 23 electric school buses to Carter County Schools (CCS) in Kentucky to help the school district accelerate its transition to clean student transportation. Blue Bird’s next-generation, zero-emission school buses were funded by a $9 million grant through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Rebate program. (Photo: Business Wire)\nBlue Bird provides its new Vision electric school buses to CCS. The state-of-the-art electric bus features an extended range, faster battery charging, and increased seating capacity.\n\n\nBlue Bird’s most advanced Vision electric school bus carries a higher-capacity battery of 196kWh, a more than 25 percent capacity increase compared to the previous model bus. The battery enables a vehicle range of up to 130 miles on a single charge. The high-performance battery takes merely three hours to fully recharge since it supports a fast-charging rate of 80kW.\n\n\nThe compact and lightweight batteries contribute to improved efficiency and a vehicle weight reduction of approximately 1,000 lbs. In turn, Blue Bird increased the seating capacity of its new Vision electric bus to 77 passengers, up from 72 passengers.\n\n\nAfter the completion of the latest Blue Bird bus delivery, CCS will maintain a bus fleet of nearly 75 vehicles. CCS school buses travel more than 3,600 miles each school day, as they pick up and safely transport up to 3,000 students to and from schools.\n\n\n“We are thrilled to deploy our very first electric school buses to lower the emissions of our school bus fleet,” said Dr. Paul Green, superintendent of Carter County Schools. “Clean student transportation is one of our top priorities. Blue Bird’s most advanced, zero-emission school buses will he...