Electric Buses

After weeks in limbo, the St. Louis County school district says it was able to access more than $8 million in federal funding to pay for its full electric school bus order.

The Ritenour School District says it is unable to pay for electric school buses and charging infrastructure the federal government promised.

A federal program is sending millions of dollars to a handful of St. Louis-area school districts so they can replace diesel buses with all-electric models.

A federal program is sending free electric school buses to districts across the country. The buses are better for the environment and drivers say they’re fun to drive, but there are some downsides.