California mandates 100-percent zero-emission bus fleet
ASSOCIATED PRESS / MAY 1, 2013
An electric bus produced by China’s BYD Co., is parked at the announcement of the opening of an electric bus manufacturing plant in Lancaster, Calif. The California Air Resources Board voted today to require that all new buses be carbon-free by 2029. Environmental advocates project that the last dirty buses will phase out by 2040.
ASSOCIATED PRESS / MAY 1, 2013
An All Electric Bus, a Zero-Emissions Vehicle, produced by China’s BYD Co., is parked at the announcement of the opening of an electric bus manufacturing plant in Lancaster, Calif. The California Air Resources Board voted today to require that all new buses be carbon-free by 2029. Environmental advocates project that the last dirty buses will phase out by 2040.
THE PORTERVILLE RECORDER VIA AP / NOV. 16
Commuters ride a new zero-emission electric buses in Porterville, Calif. The California Air Resources Board voted today to require that all new buses be carbon-free by 2029. Environmental advocates project that the last dirty buses will phase out by 2040.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.>> California is moving to eliminate fossil fuels from its fleet of 12,000 transit buses, enacting a first-in-the-nation mandate that will vastly increase the number of electric buses on the road.
The California Air Resources Board voted today to require that all new buses be carbon-free by 2029. Environmental advocates project that the last dirty buses will phase out by 2040.
While clean buses cost more than the diesel and natural gas vehicles they’ll replace, advocates of the mandate say they carry lower maintenance and fuel costs. The supporters hope creating demand for thousands of clean buses will bring down the price of those buses and eventually other heavy-duty vehicles like trucks.
