MCPS getting second pair of electric-power school buses

August 25, 2021

With some grant funding assistance, the Middlesex County public school system is purchasing two new electric school buses and two charging stations. The current charging stations for the county’s two current electric buses are located at St. Clare Walker (SCW) Middle School in Locust Hill. The two new ones will also be located at SCW. (Photo by Larry Chowning)

Grants from VW, Dominion helping offset $437,500 apiece purchase cost; also aiding construction of two new charging stations

by Larry Chowning –

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors and the county school board agreed this month to allocate $875,000 to purchase two new electric school buses through the Volkswagen Virginia Mitigation Trust program.

Dominion Energy is picking up the cost of building the two new battery charge stations to accommodate the buses at St. Clare Walker Middle School at a cost of $170,720.

Harris said that as the school system’s electric fleet of buses grows school officials are going to have to consider installing charging stations at other locations…