The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will give four Massachusetts school districts nearly $50 million to grow the Commonwealth’s fleet of electric school buses.
The biggest grant – $35 million – will go to the City of Boston to replace 125 older diesel- and propane-powered buses with new electric models.
The City of Springfield’s school system will receive $6.6 million for 25 electric buses, the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District in the North Shore suburbs of Boston will get $5 million for 17 buses, and the Hingham school district will get $3 million for 10 buses…