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Blue Bird Receives Record Order of 180 Electric School Buses
Los Angeles Unified School District Places Largest Order of EV Buses in Blue Bird History to Help District Shift to Zero-Emission Student Transportation
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nLos Angeles Unified School District Places Largest Order of EV Buses in Blue Bird History to Help District Shift 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 received the single largest order of electric school buses from a school district in its history. Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) ordered 180 electric, zero-emission school buses through their local Blue Bird dealer, A-Z Bus Sales, Inc. The unprecedented order will help the school district transition the first of several depots to 100 percent electric student transportation advancing its ambitious goals of reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions while improving operational efficiencies.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240116715215/en/Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) ordered a record 180 electric, zero-emission school buses from Blue Bird Corporation, including 150 All American (pictured here) and 30 Vision model buses. The school district anticipates the bus delivery in October 2024. The shift to clean student transportation will help LAUSD realize its ambitious goals of reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions while improving its operational efficiencies. (Image provided by Los Angeles Unified School District)\nLAUSD already operates twenty-six Blue Bird electric school buses in its fleet. Moving forward, the school bus manufacturer will provide 30 Vision and 150 All American state-of-the-art electric buses to significantly enlarge the districts’ zero-emission school bus fleet. LAUSD anticipates delivery of the first buses in October 2024 and for the order to be fulfilled in early 2025.\n\n\nBoth model vehicles have a range of up to 130 miles on a single charge. Based on LAUSD’s future charging infrastructure, the buses could take between three and eight hours to recharge fully.\n\n\n“Los Angeles Unified is excited to move toward the electrification of our Sun Valley Bus Yard school buses,” said Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho. “We must fully commit ourselves to creating a model of sustainability that benefits our students, our school communities and generations to come.”\n\n\n“Blue Bird is recognized as the technology...