While some school districts have brought in one or two electric buses on as an experiment, West Aurora has brought in 27 of ...

The Federal Transit Administration on Thursday announced $1.1 billion in awards through its Low or No Emission Grant Program.

The West Aurora school district kicked off this week by deploying 27 fully electric school buses — the largest such ...

Funded by a $5.5 million grant from the EPA, the electric buses now represent about a third of West Aurora School District ...

ComEd today presented a $930,000 electric vehicle (EV) rebate check to West Aurora School District 129, helping provide funding to electrify the district’s school bus fleet. The school district, ...

The CTA’s grant is the largest awarded this year under the Federal Transit Administration’s Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities and Low or No Emission Grant programs. It will allow the CTA to buy up ...

District builds on its record of innovation and efficiency across school operations AURORA, Ill., Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- West Aurora School District 129 (SD129) today introduced 27 all-electric ...

Governor JB Pritzker made multiple site visits to Joliet, praising the decision of Lion Electric, based in Canada, to open a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago is looking to expand its efforts to go green with a new fleet of electric CTA buses. The six bright blue buses are designed to provide a cleaner, quieter ride that reduces ...

BARRINGTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Filling up the gas tank of the school bus is an expensive proposition these days, but eventually it might be a thing of the past at some school districts. That's because ...