As the Biden administration makes its push to garner support for its ambitious and controversial $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, electric school buses are taking center stage. Contained within the plan to increase job and wages as well as infrastructure via a corporate tax hike is $20 billion to electrify at least 20 percent of the … Continued
Forty-seven businesses, including Sonny Merryman, urge Gov. Northam to join multi-state agreement to electrify medium- and heavy-duty vehicles Washington, D.C.— Dozens of businesses, including vehicle manufacturing leaders, urged Gov. Ralph Northam to support the electrification of trucks and buses throughout the commonwealth Wednesday. The Electrification Coalition delivered a letter signed by 47 businesses, urging the … Continued
Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. Bus Technician Round Tables are returning, More Virginia Jouley electric school bus deliveries, interview with James Lash, electric school bus training, and more!
Our team here at Sonny Merryman is pleased to partner with Dominion Energy to bring eight new electric Jouley school buses to Fairfax County Public Schools. Check out News4 team’s reporter Adam Tuss’s coverage of one of the first Jouley buses we’ve delivered to FCPS. Catching the school bus is about to look, feel and … Continued
There are many things to consider when adding electric school buses to your fleet, but at the top of the list is how to charge them. The two basic types of chargers are AC and DC chargers and the difference between them comes down to five principles. Here are the fives things to know when … Continued
Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. Choosing your electric bus charging solution, six Virginia school divisions receive Jouley electric school buses, DD5 performance numbers, new February parts special, and more!
Virginia-based power company Dominion Energy teamed up with Thomas Built Buses, the sole provider of the electric school buses allocated for the initial phase of its Electric School Bus Initiative, which aims to support Virginia school divisions as they transition their school bus fleets from diesel to electric. Through the initiative, the power company and … Continued
Proterra recently sold its 1,000th electric bus in the United States, to Broward County Transit in Florida. Days earlier, a Proterra electric bus arrived in Wyoming, the state’s first electric bus from any manufacturer. A couple of weeks before that, Dominion Energy received its first of 50 electric school buses, built on top of Proterra powertrains, and … Continued
Proterra unveiled its new, high-powered charging solution designed to enable the electrification of large-scale vehicle fleets. Developed in partnership with Power Electronics, the new Proterra charging systems offer transit agencies and fleet operators a customizable vehicle charging solution. Proterra’s new charging systems can be configured at a broad range of power levels. For large fleets … Continued
[EVINGTON, VA] Jouley has arrived in the Commonwealth! Virginia’s first electric school buses will begin rolling down the road soon. Earlier this week, Sonny Merryman and Dominion Energy with partners Thomas Built Buses and Proterra hosted a grand rollout celebration to officially introduce Jouley to public school officials from across the state who soon be … Continued
