Fremont Unified School District (FUSD) is working towards reducing emissions through the purchase of two electric school buses.
The school board approved the purchase of the buses using a $1,043,000 grant from the Carl Moyer Grant Program during the Jan. 28 school board meeting. The program is organized by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
The grant covers the remaining costs of the school buses. The electric buses will replace two diesel-powered school buses, improving air quality for its students who ride the bus every weekday.
FUSD is one of three Bay Area school districts with electric school buses. The other two districts are Oakland and Pittsburg Unified. The grant covers the costs of charging infrastructure construction and V2G (vehicle-to-grid) chargers.
V2G chargers are not only there to charge buses. Once charged, buses can act as an emergency power supply to the electricity grid, providing electricity as they drive through neighborhoods.
FUSD began installing V2G chargers in August. Oakland Unified is the only other school district in the Bay Area with V2G electric bus chargers.
