{"id":80816,"date":"2025-02-28T17:06:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T22:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80816"},"modified":"2025-02-28T17:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T22:06:46","slug":"compton-california-electric-school-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=80816","title":{"rendered":"Compton, California, just got its first 25 electric school buses"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-Compton-Electric-school-buses.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"Compton electric school buses\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-Compton-Electric-school-buses.jpg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-Compton-Electric-school-buses.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-Compton-Electric-school-buses.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-Compton-Electric-school-buses.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: National Express LLC\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Compton, California, has unveiled 25 new electric school buses \u2013 the school district\u2019s first \u2013 and 25 <a href=\"https:\/\/telluspowernorthamerica.com\/\">Tellus<\/a> 180 kW DC fast chargers.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-403799\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Compton Unified School District (CUSD) in southern Los Angeles County is putting 17 Thomas Built Type A and eight Thomas Built Type C electric school buses on the road this spring. In addition to working with Thomas Built, CUSD also collaborated with electrification-as-a-service provider Highland Electric Fleet, utility Southern California Edison, and school transportation provider Durham School Services. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/cleanschoolbus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program<\/a> awarded funds for the vehicles in the program\u2019s first round. EPA also awarded CUSD funds for the third round of the program and anticipates introducing an additional 25 EV school buses in the future.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-PREV-5.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-403821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-PREV-5.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-PREV-5.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-PREV-5.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-PREV-5.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-PREV-5.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-PREV-5.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-PREV-5.jpg?resize=350,234 350w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-PREV-5.jpg?resize=140,93 140w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/Highland-Fleets-PREV-5.jpg?resize=1499,1000 1499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t stress enough how vital grants like these are and the need for continued support from our partners in government at the state and federal level to fund additional grants for school districts and their transportation partners that are ready to deliver and operate zero-emission buses,\u201d said Tim Wertner, CEO of Durham School Services.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\">Advertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CUSD, which serves Compton and parts of the cities of Carson and Los Angeles,\u00a0currently serves more than 17,000 students at 36 sites. The district has a high school graduation rate of 93% and an 88% college acceptance rate. One in 11 children in Los Angeles County have asthma, which makes the need for emissions-free school transportation that much more pressing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energysage.com\/landing\/home-solar\/p\/electrek-rsm-ml\/?utm_medium=Partner&amp;utm_source=Electrek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/DES-1038_Electrek-Banners_EVs_236e8f.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-403818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/DES-1038_Electrek-Banners_EVs_236e8f.png 750w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/DES-1038_Electrek-Banners_EVs_236e8f.png?resize=150,30 150w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/DES-1038_Electrek-Banners_EVs_236e8f.png?resize=300,60 300w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/DES-1038_Electrek-Banners_EVs_236e8f.png?resize=350,70 350w, https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/DES-1038_Electrek-Banners_EVs_236e8f.png?resize=140,28 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2025\/01\/06\/thomas-built-buses-debuts-its-next-gen-electric-school-bus\/\">Thomas Built Buses debuts its next-gen electric school bus<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><em>If you\u2019re considering going solar, it\u2019s always a good idea to get quotes from a few installers. 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