Six new electric buses and bus chargers will be added to the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District fleet following the award of a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’s second round of funding for the Clean School Bus Program.
“We are very excited about the possibility of bringing electric school buses to San Marcos,” Anthony Shields, director of Transportation for SMCISD, said. “We recognize there are many variables to consider when deciding whether to go electric. The CSBP will help tremendously in offsetting the cost of an electric school bus and complete charging stations and infrastructure. We recognize the cost to sustain electric buses are far more expensive than the traditional bus we are all used to, and we are working through determining what our options are to move forward with our partnership with Highland Electric whether that be buying buses outright or leasing.”
Shields said that the cost of an electric school bus is $375,000 and the electric charging stations cost $75,000 each.
