As Atlanta students head back to school in the coming days, a fraction of them will be taking electric buses. Those students will be getting a healthier, quieter ride — and research shows they may also perform better on tests and have fewer absences.
Most of Georgia’s school bus fleet is traditional diesel-fueled vehicles, which contribute to air and noise pollution. Replacing them with electric versions is a pricey endeavor at about $300,000 or more apiece, compared to about $100,000 for a traditional bus.
About 124 of Georgia’s 20,000 school buses are electric so far, according to data from the World Resource Institute’s Electric School Bus Initiative.
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