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Merced City School District installs electric school buses and charging network, cites emissions cut
Summary
Dr. Doug Williams, the district’s maintenance and transportation director, described a nearly three‑year project that added 10 electric buses to a 32‑bus fleet, installed 18 charging ports and used about $7.3 million in grant funding toward an almost $8.2 million total cost.
Dr. Doug Williams, director of maintenance, operation and transportation for Merced City School District, said the district has added 10 electric school buses to its 32‑bus transportation fleet and installed on‑site charging infrastructure.
“The electric charging structure that we installed features 18 charging ports across 15 dual and single port charging stations,” Williams said, adding that the chargers range…
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