Advocacy groups push for more EVs in East Texas
In Texas, CBS19 reported that three different transportation and energy advocacy groups are currently pushing for more electric vehicles in East Texas. “This has the potential to bring thousands of jobs to Texas. Texas has the potential to be the leader in electric school bus technician training. We can reinvigorate our small towns. We can reinvigorate our community colleges,” said Jessica Keithan, director and co-founder of the Texas Electric School Bus Project. Keithan also said that electric school buses because can eliminate a safety risk present in standard gas-powered buses. “Diesel exhaust concentrates in the cabin of the school bus. It’s been measured to concentrate 10 times more concentrated than the ambient air outside. Essentially we’re gassing our most vulnerable kids on their way to school,” Keithan said.
