加州拨款5亿美元添置1000辆零排放校车：每辆最高补助37.5万美元
加州宣布投入5亿美元，为全州学区添置约1,000辆零排放校车，继续推进学区车队电动化。受助学区每购置一辆零排放校车替代老旧燃油车，最高可获37.5万美元补助，另可获最高9.5万美元用于购置与安装充电设施，同时须按规定报废一辆旧的内燃机校车。
州政府表示，本轮补助预计每年可减少约18,000公吨温室气体排放，相当于一年减少4,000多辆汽车上路。补助优先考虑小型与乡村学区，以及免费与减价餐学生、寄养学生与英语学习者比例较高的地方教育机构；本轮入选机构中约98%服务于低收入或弱势社区。研究显示，儿童在柴油校车上的通勤时间虽不足全天的10%，却可占其某些空气污染物日暴露量的33%。
截至目前，加州已累计投入超过13亿美元激励资金，资助超过2,300辆零排放校车，其中1,100辆已投入使用，300多个学区已至少购置一辆。按州法要求，加州学区自2035年起购置的校车须全部为零排放车型，乡村边远地区教育机构可延至2045年。
（来源：加州空气资源委员会）
California Awards $500 Million for 1,000 Zero-Emission School Buses
California has awarded $500 million to put about 1,000 zero-emission school buses on the road, continuing the state's push to electrify school fleets. Awardees receive up to $375,000 to replace an internal combustion school bus with a zero-emission vehicle, plus up to $95,000 per bus for charging infrastructure, and must scrap an old bus for every new one purchased.
The state said this round of grants is expected to cut about 18,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions a year, equivalent to taking more than 4,000 cars off the road for a year. First priority went to small and rural districts and to agencies with large shares of students receiving free or reduced-price meals, foster youth or English learners; about 98% of selected agencies serve low-income or disadvantaged communities. A state-funded study has found that although bus commutes are less than 10% of a child's day, they can account for up to 33% of a child's daily exposure to some air pollutants on a diesel bus.
To date, California has provided more than $1.3 billion in incentives, funding more than 2,300 zero-emission school buses, of which 1,100 are already in use, and more than 300 districts have purchased at least one. Under state law, all school bus purchases by California districts must be zero-emission by 2035, with an extension to 2045 for frontier rural agencies.
(Source: California Air Resources Board)
来源：加州空气资源委员会
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图片来源：LionC 全电动校车，Wikimedia Commons，Pierre5018，CC BY 4.0 / LionC all-electric school bus, Wikimedia Commons, Pierre5018, CC BY 4.0
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