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Blue Bird Delivers its 2,000th Electric School Bus
Clark County School District in Nevada Receives Industry-Leading Milestone Vehicle to Help District Transition to Zero-Emission Student Transportation MACON,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nClark County School District in Nevada Receives Industry-Leading Milestone Vehicle to Help District Transition to Zero-Emission Student Transportation\n\n\n MACON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nBlue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, has delivered its 2,000th electric, zero-emission school bus marking an industry-leading milestone. Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada received Blue Bird’s 2,000th electric vehicle (EV) to help the nation’s fifth largest school district transition its school bus fleet to clean student transportation.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240827488733/en/Blue Bird delivered its 2,000th electric, zero-emission school bus marking an industry-leading milestone. Clark County School District in Nevada, the nation’s fifth-largest school district, received Blue Bird’s 2,000th electric school bus to help the district transition its school bus fleet to clean student transportation. (Photo: Business Wire)\nCCSD operates 373 schools serving more than 300,000 students. The district maintains a bus fleet of more than 1,900 vehicles. CCSD transports over 123,000 students each school day on more than 1,400 bus routes.\n\n\nBlue Bird provided its most advanced All-American electric school bus to CCSD. Featuring Blue Bird’s new, extended range battery, CCSD’s milestone zero-emission vehicle can carry 84 students. Depending on the charging infrastructure, the bus takes between three and eight hours to recharge fully.\n\n\nCCSD received a $9.875 million grant through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program to purchase electric school buses, including Blue Bird’s zero-emission milestone unit. This program is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) which provides a total of $5 billion over five years for clean school bus transportation nationwide.\n\n\n“Today, we delivered our 2,000th electric, zero-emission school bus in North America. We are thrilled to celebrate this major industry milestone with Clark County School District. Blue Bird is recognized as the undisputed leader in the field of clean student transportation. Electric school buses mean cleaner air to breathe for students, drivers, and the community at large,” said Britton Smith, preside...