Lion Electric Co delivers first electric buses to Sacramento, California
By Jim Gibbins - 1st January 2020
USA / Canada - Last month the Lion Electric Company of Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada delivered five all-electric school buses to Twin Rivers Unified School District in Sacramento, California, which were funded by the California Energy Commission* (CEC) as part of the School Bus Replacement Programme in the state. With these five vehicles it takes the district’s total electric school bus fleet 17 making it the largest in the country.
*The California Energy Commission School Bus Replacement Programme is providing school districts with the opportunity to receive up to ten clean air, zero-emission school buses, and have their charging infrastructure installed. Participating school districts were selected based on disadvantaged community criteria and fleet age. This programme prevents diesel particulates from polluting the air and scraps older diesel school buses.
