Lynwood Unified School district submitted an application to receive grant funding under the California Energy Commission Solicitation GFO-17-607 to replace three old diesel school buses. Lynwood Unified School District was awarded funding for three vehicle-to-grid ready electric school buses and the supporting electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Lynwood Unified School District purchased three electric school buses and installed three chargers through the California Energy Commission. The buses were placed into service during the fall of 2021 and districts were offered workforce training to help support the successful deployment of the new electric fleet. The old, diesel-powered buses were also dismantled and removed from service. This project found that the electric school buses reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 0.425 short tons of Oxides of Nitrogen, 0.014 short tons of Particulate Matter 2.5, 0.044 short tons of Hydrocarbons, 0.112 short tons of Carbon Monoxide, and 53.1 short tons of Carbon Dioxide and that the electric school buses had an annual cost savings of $44,252.
