Maine rolls out state's first electric school bus

WCSH-TV6 • September 13, 2021

For a group of students in Bar Harbor, the ride to and from school has gone green. Mount Desert Island High School has now added Maine's first electric school bus to its fleet. The bus comes after the high school installed more than 1,000 solar panels a few years ago, becoming Maine's first school to run completely on renewable energy. Bus driver Doug Van Gorder pushed for the 100% electric school bus, which is estimated to save the school about $5,000 a year in fuel costs.