Manufacturing Electric School and Transit Buses: Creating Jobs and Economic Growth

Dan Lashof

Expert Note

Manufacturing Electric School and Transit Buses: Creating Jobs and Economic Growth

Build Back Better: Rebooting the U.S. Economy After COVID-19

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Clean Energy

Region

North America April 27, 2020 6 Pages

This Expert Note is part of Coronavirus Recovery, Electric Vehicles in the U.S., Electric School Bus Initiative and Electric Mobility within Clean Energy, Economics and Energy. Reach out to Christina DeConcini for more information.

Synopsis

Congress could immediately create good jobs while simultaneously advancing a cleaner economy by expanding Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturing capacity and accelerating the replacement of diesel buses with electric buses.

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