LI school district testing all-electric bus
Quick ReadThe Plainview-Old Bethpage school district, like virtually all other districts on Long Island, is trying to reduce its reliance on fossil fuel. Plainview-Old Bethpage is considering using the 42-seat eTrans bus, manufactured by Trans Tech Bus in Warwick, N.Y.
Photo credit: Barry Sloan | Trans Tech Bus company did show-and-tell for the Plainview-Old Bethpage school district this week. (Jan. 30, 2012)
The little yellow school bus breezed up and down the back hills of Plainview earlier this week. Quietly. It's not just that there were no kids on board. It was that the bus was powered by an electric motor, not a piston-engine that uses gas.
The Plainview-Old Bethpage school district, like virtually all other districts on Long Island, is trying to reduce its reliance on fossil fuel. Plainview-Old...
