The EPA Just Awarded $1 Billion to 389 School Districts for Electric School Buses

27 Oct 2022 | Abstracted from Electrek

"Using a lottery system, EPA selected 389 applications totaling $913 million to support the purchase of 2,463 buses - 95% of which will be electric.

The "...awards are the first $1 billion of a five-year, $5 billion program created by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law." Districts not selected can apply again.

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