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Sources: Reasons to Roll with
Electric School Buses

Alternative Fuels Data Center: Electric School Buses
https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_school_buses.html#electric-utilities

Car and Driver: AWD vs 4WD in Snow and Ice
https://www.caranddriver.com/research/a32799848/awd-vs-4wd-in-snow-and-ice/

ConEdison: Con Edison And Partners Go To School With Findings From E-School Bus Project
https://www.coned.com/en/about-us/media-center/news/2022/04-12/con-edison-and-partners-go-to-school-with-findings-from-e-school-bus-project

Congressional Research Service: Electricity Transmission Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11981

Department of Energy: At a Glance: Electric Vehicles
https://afdc.energy.gov/files/u/publication/electric-drive_vehicles.pdf

Department of Transportation: Charger Types and Speeds
https://www.transportation.gov/rural/ev/toolkit/ev-basics/charging-speeds

EDF: Review of Texas’ Clean School Bus Programs
https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/cleanbuses_14_screen.pdf

Electric School Bus Initiative: All About Range and Reliability
https://electricschoolbusinitiative.org/all-about-range-and-reliability

Empire Center: Charging Forward: New York’s Costly Rush to Electrify School Buses
https://www.empirecenter.org/publications/charging-forward-new-yorks-costly-rush-to-electrify-school-buses/

Environmental Center: Why to Choose Electric Over Propane School Buses?
https://envirocenter.org/why-to-choose-electric-over-propane-school-buses/

EPA: Learn About Impacts of Diesel Exhaust and the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA)
https://www.epa.gov/dera/learn-about-impacts-diesel-exhaust-and-diesel-emissions-reduction-act-dera

EPA: Making School Buses Cleaner
https://www.epa.gov/dera/making-school-buses-cleaner

Federal Energy Management Program: Managed Electric Vehicle Charging
https://www.energy.gov/femp/managed-electric-vehicle-charging

FEMA: Eligibility of Generators as a Fundable Project by the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program
https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-09/fema_eligibility_generators_fundable_project_under_hmgp_pdm_02-19-15.pdf

NRDC: No Breathing in the Aisles: Diesel Exhaust Inside School Buses
https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/schoolbus.pdf

PIRG: Accelerating the Transition to Electric School Buses
https://pirg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/US_EL-buses-2021-scrn.pdf

Science Direct: School bus emissions, student health and academic performance
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775719301530

S&P Global: Pilot project converts school buses into backup power generators
https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/pilot-project-converts-school-buses-into-backup-power-generators-70111292

WRI: Electric School Buses Can Fight – or Further— Inequity in the US
https://www.wri.org/insights/electric-school-buses-equity-us

WRI: How to Help Your Community Fund Electric School Buses in the US
https://www.wri.org/insights/how-help-your-community-fund-electric-school-buses-us

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