ANN ARBOR, MI – Ann Arbor Public Schools is renewing the push to overhaul its transportation fleet with the purchase of six electric buses in the coming months — and the chargers to keep them going.
The district’s school board is poised to give the final approval in the coming weeks for four new SK-77 EV passenger buses, as well as two others with a flat floor lift to improve accessibility.
The purchases appeared before board members for a first reading during their May 21 regular meeting. At just over $450,000 a bus, the total $2.7 million purchase will be offset with a $2.1 million state grant…