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Electrifying Education: Insights into Charging Electric School Buses in the United States

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To combat climate change, the United States joined 193 Parties in committing to the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit global warming to 2 degrees C or less, and decarbonizing transportation will be a key requirement for achieving this goal. School buses (SBs) are a common form of student transport in the U.S. with nearly all SBs today powered by fossil fuels (primarily diesel). As a result, SBs have historically been a concerning source of both greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and local air pollutants with negative health impacts for students and others living nearby. Electric SBs (ESBs) are a promising emerging technology for decarbonizing student transport, however, ESB adoption in the U.S. remains at an early stage (approximate 1.1%) with many outstanding uncertainties. This study aims to elucidate several of these by taking inventory of the total SB stock within U.S. states and studying real-world SB operating profiles to infer potential battery range requirements, daily charging opportunities, and charging infrastructure requirements for ESBs. In addition, we observe the geographic trends of early-stage ESB adoption, which can be used to better understand early adopter patterns and train vehicle technology adoption models.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office; USDOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
2331417
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5400-87323; MainId:88098; UUID:040751f7-0f67-4d94-bc1b-b328b9484482; MainAdminId:71219
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at the 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), 19-22 February 2024, Washington, D.C.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS,ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
charging infrastructure
daily vehicle miles traveled
electric school bus
emission gases
school bus stock