P.E.I. adding 35 more electric school buses to current fleet
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — P.E.I. is including 35 new electrical faculty buses to the province’s fleet within the 2022-23 fiscal 12 months to assist exchange the present fleet of diesel buses.
The province introduced in a information launch that it’s partnering with the federal authorities to purchase the electrical buses from Lion Electrical.
Charging stations may even be put in for every bus.
Funding for the brand new buses is coming from the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, with the governments of Canada and P.E.I. every spending greater than $6.2 million on the venture.
“We have now 18,000 college students on P.E.I. who journey on faculty buses daily. By investing in electrical faculty buses, our college students can straight see — and be a part of — making a cleaner, extra sustainable province,” stated Training Minister Natalie Jameson.
