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Blue Bird Delivers First Electric School Bus to Navajo Nation in Arizona
Chinle Unified School District Starts Transitioning Diesel Bus Fleet to Zero-emission Vehicles MACON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq:
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nChinle Unified School District Starts Transitioning Diesel Bus Fleet to Zero-emission Vehicles\n\n MACON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nBlue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, delivered the first of three electric school buses to Chinle Unified School District (USD) in Arizona, the largest school district in the Navajo Nation. Chinle USD expands its all Blue Bird diesel-powered bus fleet with zero-emission vehicles to put student and community health first while reducing operating costs. Select Blue Bird customers reported an average 14 cents per mile in energy costs for electric buses, compared to approx. 49 cents per mile for their diesel buses.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220915005237/en/Blue Bird delivered its first electric school bus to Chinle Unified School District in Arizona, the largest school district in the Navajo Nation. Zero-emission transportation helps improve student and community health. Here, a “transporter of future Navajo leaders” (Chinle USD bus driver) provides an orientation to the functionality and benefits of the EV for students and community members at the debut appearance of the first EV school bus on the Navajo reservation. (Image provided by Chinle Unified School District)\nBlue Bird will provide its most advanced zero-emission school buses to Chinle USD, including two Blue Bird Vision and one Blue Bird All American electric school bus. These first-rate electric vehicles (EV) carry between 72 and 84 students for up to 120 miles on a single charge. Depending on the charging infrastructure, the buses take between three and eight hours to recharge fully.\n\nChinle USD is the largest school district in the Navajo Nation in both student count and geographic area. It serves 3,300 students in eight schools, including the largest reservation high school in the United States. School buses travel more than 6,000 miles on routes characterized by mostly unimproved roads each day, as they pick up and safely transport students to and from schools.\n\n“Beyond the potential that the electric school buses offer for cost efficiency and reducing our fleet’s greenhouse gas emissions, the impact that these EV’s have on student learning and access to world experience is notable,” said Quincy N...