Opportunities and Issues with School Bus Fleet Electrification

Through NYSERDA’s Clean Green Schools Initiative, ANTARES analyzed the potential of converting the existing pupil transport fleets for seven school districts in New York to zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs). The analyses included both a fleet assessment and an infrastructure assessment for these districts. The fleet assessments with ZEVs include estimating the daily, monthly and annual energy requirements for the existing bus routes for normal morning and afternoon routes along with additional extracurricular activity routes. The infrastructure assessments include the costs and impacts for installing new ZEV charging stations. The results of these analyses will be presented including the commonalities between them and the potential issues for these districts starting in 2027, which is the year when ZEVs are the NYS Governor’s mandate for school districts in NY. The economic and environmental comparisons between both the status quo and the zero emissions vehicles will be presented.