Blue Bird Delivers 20 Electric School Buses to Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida
15 Agosto 2023 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
First Zero-emission Vehicles in School
Districts’ All Blue Bird School Bus Fleet
Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and
low-emission school buses, is supplying 20 electric school buses to
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) in Florida, the first
zero-emission vehicles in the districts’ all Blue Bird fleet of
school buses.
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Blue Bird is delivering 20 Vision
electric school buses to Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS)
in Florida to help the school district accelerate its transition to
clean student transportation. M-DCPS operates a fleet of nearly
1,000 Blue Bird buses which transport 40,000 students daily.
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M-DCPS is the third-largest school district in the nation with
more than 335,000 students and 50,000 adult learners. The milestone
delivery represents a crucial step by the school district to shift
to clean student transportation and to lower harmful greenhouse gas
emissions contributing to climate change.
Blue Bird will provide its state-of-the-art Vision electric
school buses to M-DCPS. Each vehicle can carry 72 students for up
to 120 miles on a single charge. M-DCPS plans to team up with
Florida Power & Light, the largest power utility in the state,
to install 50 DC fast charging stations. Ten charging stations at
the school district’s Southwest Transportation Facility should be
operational by September 2023. Based on M-DCPS’ future charging
infrastructure, the buses will take approximately six hours to
recharge fully.
M-DCPS maintains an all Blue Bird bus fleet of nearly 1,000
vehicles. M-DCPS school buses travel more than 13,000 miles each
school day, as they pick up and safely transport 40,000 students to
and from schools.
“Miami-Dade County Public Schools is excited to put its first 20
electric, zero-emission school buses into service signaling that we
put our student and community health first,” said M-DCPS
Superintendent Dr. Jose L. Dotres. “We are looking forward to a
successful pilot program and to building on our decades-long
relationship with Blue Bird, the district’s student transportation
provider of choice.”
M-DCPS received a $11.6 million grant from Florida’s Volkswagen
Mitigation Settlement Trust fund to acquire Blue Bird’s advanced
electric, zero-emission school buses.
“This pilot program is a wonderful first step in the
electrification of Miami-Dade’s fleet and improving the air quality
for its students and the community at-large,” said Britton Smith,
president of Blue Bird Corporation. “As the leader in zero- and
low-emission school buses, we could not be more pleased to help a
long-term and highly valued customer transition to electric buses
and clean student transportation. We greatly appreciate the trust
Miami-Dade County Public Schools has placed in Blue Bird and are
looking forward to growing our relationship for many years to
come.”
Blue Bird is the only U.S.-owned and operated school bus
manufacturer in the United States. The company remains the proven
clean transportation leader with nearly 1,000 electric-powered,
zero-emission school buses in operation today. M-DCPS purchased its
advanced electric vehicles through Blue Bird’s authorized and
family-owned school bus dealer Florida Transportation Systems, Inc.
in Tampa, Fla.
About Blue Bird Corporation
Blue Bird (NASDAQ: BLBD) is recognized as a technology leader
and innovator of school buses since its founding in 1927. Our
dedicated team members design, engineer and manufacture school
buses with a singular focus on safety, reliability, and durability.
Blue Bird buses carry the most precious cargo in the world – the
majority of 25 million children twice a day – making us the most
trusted brand in the industry. The company is the proven leader in
low- and zero-emission school buses with more than 20,000 propane,
natural gas, and electric powered buses in operation today. Blue
Bird is transforming the student transportation industry through
cleaner energy solutions. For more information on Blue Bird's
complete product and service portfolio, visit
www.blue-bird.com.
About Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), an A-rated district,
is the nation’s third largest school system with nearly 500 schools
and a diverse enrollment of more than 335,500 students from over
160 countries. Our ongoing tradition of groundbreaking achievement
has earned top recognition at the national and international levels
and makes M-DCPS your best choice. For more information on M-DCPS
visit www.dadeschools.net.
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Blue Bird Corporation Media Contact Julianne Barclay TSN
Communications M: +1.267.934.5340 E: julianne@tsncommunications.com
Miami-Dade County Public Schools Media Contact Elmo R. Lugo
Media Relations Director Miami-Dade County Public Schools M:
+1.786.697.8659 E: erlugo@dadeschools.net
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