“There’s a significant amount of capacity in these batteries.”Manufactured by Lion Electric, the Cajon Valley buses have battery capacity of up to 210 kilowatt-hours. The fleet of eight all-electric school buses at Cajon Valley Union School District are all part of a pilot program with San Diego Gas & Electric and tech company Nuvve. As for the school buses themselves, it appears the Cajon Valley Union School District got a bargain. All-electric school buses typically list for nearly $400,000, but Buxbaum estimated various state and federal grants absorbed 95 percent of the costs to acquire the district’s fleet of eight. “With school district budgets being tight, we rely heavily on those grants to make this project work,” Buxbaum said.

Source: Forbes July 28, 2022 09:50 UTC