The Lion Electric Company, a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles, is pleased to announce that the Company joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan in Alma, Kansas, to celebrate a vehicle delivery under the EPA’s highly successful Clean School Bus Program. Lion is the first Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) in the school bus industry to have delivered vehicles for the program in 2022. Nate Baguio, Senior Vice President of Commercial Development at Lion participated in a roundtable conversation with Administrator Regan, industry, utility and school district leaders. The clean energy vehicles were delivered to Wabaunsee Senior High School and this event served as an opportunity to address the program’s successes and discuss the future of electrification.
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“Since last year, we have worked alongside the EPA on the Clean School Bus Program to bring reimagined school buses to communities across the country – zero-emission vehicles that provide cleaner air, improve the health of students and teachers, and reduce the maintenance and operational costs for school districts,” said Nate A. Baguio, Senior Vice President of Commercial Development. “The electrification transition is happening now and these buses that you see at Wabaunsee Senior High School are proof of this program’s impact. We’re proud to be the first school bus manufacturer to deliver all-electric EPA school buses and acknowledge how federal investments have made a significant difference for many communities.”
According to the EPA, the effect of diesel emissions on children can be extremely harmful and lead to respiratory diseases such as asthma, which affects nearly 6.3 million U.S. children, making it the most common long-term childhood disease in America. Furthermore, as noted by a recent report from World Resources Institute, disadvantaged students are more susceptible to negative impacts from diesel pollution with 70% of all children taking a bus to school, compared to 50% of children from higher income families.
SOURCE: PR Newswire