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Hybrid Electric School Buses; the Road to Reduced Fuel Consumption, Healthier Children and Cleaner Air

The objective of this project is to promote the market adoption of an efficient, sustainable, near-term advanced vehicle technology through direct market intervention. More specifically, the key objective of this project is to stimulate market production of existing heavy-duty hybrid systems in a school bus application with the three major school bus manufacturers and to demonstrate the technology to school districts throughout the U.S. through daily operation of these vehicles.

Additionally, it is the goal of the Hybrid Electric School Bus Project to reduce diesel fuel consumption and associated fuel costs for cash-strapped school districts around the country and to reduce pollutant emissions, increasing on-bus air quality and reducing the risk for children to develop asthma and other pulmonary health problems from exposure to particulate matter and ozone. These are ancillary benefits achieved through implementation of the hybrid electric platform in the school bus application. The specific objectives of the proposed project are:

Deliver approximately 20 hybrid electric school buses designed and manufactured by one of the three major school bush manufacturers (Thomas Built, International Truck and Engine, and Bluebird) to school districts around the country;
Demonstrate these vehicles as cost-saving, emission-reducing options for school districts through gathering operational data;
Disseminate the results of this project through updating and re-publishing the feasibility study with real-world data and promoting the experience of the hybrid bus operators to augment market adoption of the hybrid electric vehicle technology.

Contact:

Advanced Energy
909 Capability Drive

Suite 2100
Raleigh, NC 27606
(919) 857-9028
Contact: Ewan Pritchard
Email: epritcha@advancedenergy.org

Partners:

NYSERDA

NYPA

NC Department of Public Instruction

FL Department of Education

Durham School Services

Little Rock School District

Sigourney/Keokuk Community School District

Keota Community Schools

Nevada Community Schools

Cost:

Total project cost: $1,890,191
STAC-DOE portion: $840,000
Participant portion: $1,050,191

Statement of Work and Status

Quarterly Reports

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reports are listed below.

Last Updated: 05/01/08