The Sentinel: EV RIDER: Aurora schools, region offer a jolt to electric commuting
AURORA | Aug. 9 marked the first day back in school for Aurora Public Schools students, who after a summer away were ferried from their homes back to campus on the district's many school buses. For some, it was also their first day riding an electric vehicle — APS purchased seven electric school buses this spring that are being rolled out for the current school year.
Elsewhere in Aurora, the city itself is working to help residents and visitors get a charge out of an EV commute in the region.
The buses were purchased with the help of grant money, and are the first steps in the district's larger plan to improve its carbon footprint. The district also hopes to build a solar panel canopy at its transportation center and to install electric vehicle charging stations at some of its schools to help improve EV infrastructure throughout the city.
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