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US school bus maker Blue Bird receives its largest-ever order of electric school buses

March 29, 2022
Macon, Georgia-based bus maker Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD) has received the single largest order of electric school buses from a school district in its history. California’s Modesto City Schools ordered 30 Blue Bird All American Type D electric school buses to convert nearly half of its diesel-powered fleet to electric. The school district expects to save more than $250,000 a year in…
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NIU’s fastest and most powerful electric scooter yet arrives in Europe, headed to US soon

March 29, 2022
I was fortunate enough to be in the front row when NIU unveiled its new MQiGT EVO electric scooter at the 2021 EICMA Milan Motorcycle Show last November. Now the leading smart electric scooter company has begun making deliveries in Europe, with other markets also set to soon receive the fast and powerful electric scooter. The NIU MQiGT EVO electric scooter has begun hitting the road in Europe…
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Quick Charge Podcast: March 28, 2022

March 29, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Could this idea win over NIMBYs who oppose living near renewables?

March 28, 2022
As UK prime minister Boris Johnson is due to unveil his energy plan this week, a British cabinet minister made a suggestion yesterday on a news program that he thinks would win the support of communities who live near onshore wind farms. Could it work? NIMBYs and renewables Onshore wind farms are expected to play a key role in Johnson’s energy plan. The wind farms would result in cheaper…
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