Everything You Need to Know about Adding an EV Bus to Your Fleet
Want to add electric vehicle (EV) buses to your school fleet but aren’t sure where to start? Watch these six short videos from IC Bus® to get insights and tips from experts on what you need to consider and how to get help along the way.
Consulting: Guiding Your Switch to Electric
Adding EVs to your fleet and standing up a charging infrastructure can be overwhelming. Fortunately, IC Bus can help make it easier. Listen as Landre Eagleton, Director of Zero Emissions Consulting & Solutions for International® and IC Bus, explains how our consultants help you along your journey toward zero emissions. Our EV consulting team provides individualized service, working with you to identify your operational requirements, assess your routes and support your grant opportunity efforts.
Consulting: Grant Support & Assistance
Your school district may be eligible for a wide variety of grants, incentives and tax credits to support your transition to electric. Finding and successfully applying for them can be challenging, though. Listen to Cassie McDonald, Grant Manager for International and IC Bus, as she explains how our experienced grant team can help you get the most support for your electric investment. Our team identifies funding opportunities that fit your situation from federal, state, regional, local and utility programs—and helps you prepare, write and submit your application.
Consulting: How to Assess Range
Your drivers can run their routes with more confidence when you have a stronger understanding of your vehicle’s range. Listen to Sonia Fernandez, Emobility Marketing Director for International and IC Bus, as she explains how our range calculator estimates how much energy your vehicle needs to do its job and return to the depot for charging. Working with our trusted advisors, you can go deeper with route analysis and range simulations.
Charging: Supporting Customers Through Infrastructure
Building infrastructure to support your EV fleet is complicated work. That’s why IC Bus has a team dedicated to assessing your needs, developing a plan, coordinating with utilities and working with vendors to help build your charging infrastructure. Listen to Stefan Sahlmann, Vice President for EV Solutions & Activation for International and IC Bus, as he explains how we help design scalable infrastructure that can expand as your EV fleet grows without the need to repeat costly heavy construction.
Charging: Finding the Right Charger for Your Needs
Establishing a solid EV charging strategy is key to a successful electric vehicle deployment. Listen to A.J. Palmisano, Director, EV Charging and Infrastructure for International and IC Bus, as he reviews things to consider including your routes, the chargers required for your vehicle type, your charging style and your local climate. Learn how IC Bus helps connect you with utility and infrastructure experts who can help plan a future-proofed charging strategy that reduces your total cost of ownership.
Onboarding: Getting You Comfortable with Your Electric Vehicle & Charging System
Making sure that your infrastructure is in place and your team is ready for your electric buses is the last critical step before deployment. Listen to Kirsten Rodway, Director of Zero Emissions Customer Onboarding for International and IC Bus, as she explains how we prepare your entire team during our onboarding event, teaching them everything from one-pedal driving to how to more effectively manage your electric fleet with our advanced remote diagnostics.
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