Electric school buses take off in Illinois; over 200 on the road
2 days ago · Illinois is third in the country for electric school buses, behind California and New York, with the state’s school districts committing to about 700 school buses, more than 200 of which are ...
Electric school buses take off in Illinois, with over 200 on the road ...
3 days ago · Illinois is third in the country for electric school buses, behind California and New York, with the state’s school districts committing to about 700 school buses, more than 200 of which are already on the road. But in Illinois there’s a more immediate concern: the recent announcements by the Quebec-based electric school bus manufacturer Lion Electric that it is suspending operations at ...
Lion Electric Falls Apart In Joliet: No More Electric Buses Here
Dec 2, 2024 · JOLIET — It's been more than three and a half years since Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker visited Joliet to reveal that Lion Electric, a Canadian electric-bus manufacturing company in Quebec,...
Illinois granted nearly $20 million to electrify its school bus fleet
Dec 21, 2024 · The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced on Friday that it has been awarded $19.9 million to purchase and deploy 70 electric school buses and to construct additional electric...
EV school bus maker Lion Electric suspends operations at Illinois ...
Dec 4, 2024 · JOLIET, Ill. (WTVO) — Canadian electric bus manufacturing company Lion Electric has laid off its workforce at its Joliet plant and suspended operations. Gov. JB Pritzker attended the opening...
Taxpayers to buy $19.9 million in electric school buses for Illinois
Dec 19, 2024 · (The Center Square) – Taxpayers are set to give the struggling electric bus industry a jolt after Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced nearly $20 million for 70 zero-emission buses at nine Illinois school districts.
Chicago area schools to receive new electric buses thanks to …
Dec 21, 2024 · The Illinois State Board of Education will distribute the $19.9 million to nine schools to replace 70 internal combustion engine buses with new electric buses.
EV bus maker Lion Electric suspends operations at plant near ... - CBS News
Dec 4, 2024 · CHANNAHON, Ill. (CBS) -- Electric bus maker Lion Electric is suspending operations at its facility southwest of Chicago. The Lion Electric Joliet plant is located at 3835 Youngs Rd. in...
Electric school bus maker is in peril, Illinois plant idled
Dec 9, 2024 · Lion Electric, the Canada-based maker of electric school buses and other commercial electric trucks, may have reached an impasse—and it's not the Trump administration, yet.
Chicago Public Schools Receives $20M to Buy 50 Electric School Buses
Jan 9, 2024 · The White House grants, which were part of the 2021 bipartisan federal infrastructure law, will pay for 2,700 electric buses nationwide and 240 in Illinois — a small portion of the approximately 480,000 school buses in operation.
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