North Carolina is trying to expand its electric school bus fleet. These buses could save the taxpayers millions of dollars in future fuel costs and help protect the environment.
Students in Cabarrus County are riding on one of just a handful of electric buses in the state.
"We're going to take the electric bus and we're going to use it on our city routes. Our city routes are smaller, more compact, more urban," Art Whittaker, Cabarrus County Schools Director of Transportation Services, said.
While the electric bus is both energy efficient and environmentally friendly it also does something else -- something you may not have even thought about.
"When the vehicle is stationary, and it is not drawing power, that battery that's in that vehicle can actually supply power back to the grid," Whittaker said.
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