Fleet electrification only a matter of time in Quebec

The Eastern Townships School Board (ETSB) runs three electric school buses daily in the region, making up four per cent of its entire bus fleet.
The ETSB was one of the first school boards to acquire an electric bus, according to Student Transportation Coordinator Bruce Banfill, back in 2017. They purchased the vehicle from the Lion Electric Company, a major player in vehicle electrification in Quebec.
The plan is to eventually get rid of regular, gas-guzzling school buses, but the process is going to take some time, Banfill explained. While they use their environmentally-friendly buses every day, the cost to purchase a large electric vehicle at the moment is quite high.

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