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Readying for School



                                                                         Bus Funding





                 ’m sure you’ve heard of the Infrastructure Invest-  pane school buses.
                 ment and Jobs Act, but have you started to dig in to      To learn more about ROUSH CleanTech’s ad-
                 understand how this can benefit the alternative fuels   vanced clean transportation fleet solutions or to sign up for
            Iindustry? There is a lot of money allocated for alter-  the monthly e-newsletter CleanTalk, visit ROUSHcleantech.
                                             native fuels, and   com.■
                                             specifically for
                                             electric. But there                Todd Mouw is president of ROUSH CleanTech,
                                             is also money out                  an industry leader of advanced clean vehicle
                                                                                technology. Mouw has more than two decades of
                                             there for propane                  experience in the automotive and high-tech in-
                                             — and school                       dustries. As former president of the NTEA Green
                                                                                Truck Association, Mouw helped set standards in
                                             buses are the main                 the green trucking industry. To learn more, visit
                                             focus.                             ROUSHcleantech.com.

                                                The Clean
                                             School Bus
            Program is a $5 billion fund that will be available later this
            year. State and local governments, nonprofit school trans-
            portation associations and con-
            tractors that sell clean or zero
            emission buses are eligible for                    DEALERS LP EQUIPMENT
            the funding.                                       An Affiliate of R.E. Michel Company, LLC
                   Half of the pro-
            gram’s funding will be for the
            purchase of electric buses and            Your  SINGLE SOURCE  for
            the other half is for propane
            and/or electric buses. Starting
            in 2022, $1 billion will be
            distributed each year over the
            next five years through 2026.
            The program specifics are still
            under development. We should
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