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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 5844186" data-attributes="member: 12952">WOW[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/maines-electric-schools-purchase-taxpayer-subsidized-electric-buses-they-say[/URL]Maine’s Department of Education is reportedly urging school districts to stop using taxpayer-subsidized electric school buses that were purchased within the last year.The districts reported problems with the new buses, which were supplied by <a href="https://thelionelectric.com/en" target="_blank">Canada-based Lion Electric Co.</a>, last fall, <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/12/10/winthrop-school-district-one-of-several-to-report-issues-with-new-electric-school-buses/" target="_blank">according to CentralMaine.com</a>. The windshields on the buses would leak whenever it rained, as the glass didn’t appear to be securely in place.A superintendent of one of the several districts that received the buses <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/02/18/state-urges-winthrop-other-school-districts-to-take-electric-buses-off-the-road-due-to-defects/" target="_blank">told CentralMaine.com</a> that concerns about mixing electricity and water from the leaking windshields led them to stop driving some of the buses.The buses, <a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/transportation/cleanbus#:~:text=Priority%20schools%20can%20apply%20for%20up%20to%20%24345%2C000%20towards%20the,equipped%20with%20a%20wheelchair%20lift." target="_blank">which cost about $345,000 each</a>, were also sold with misaligned or incorrect lettering on the sides, and other districts have reported broken rivets on the bodies of the vehicles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 5844186, member: 12952"] WOW [URL unfurl="true"]https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/maines-electric-schools-purchase-taxpayer-subsidized-electric-buses-they-say[/URL] Maine’s Department of Education is reportedly urging school districts to stop using taxpayer-subsidized electric school buses that were purchased within the last year. The districts reported problems with the new buses, which were supplied by [URL='https://thelionelectric.com/en']Canada-based Lion Electric Co.[/URL], last fall, [URL='https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/12/10/winthrop-school-district-one-of-several-to-report-issues-with-new-electric-school-buses/']according to CentralMaine.com[/URL]. The windshields on the buses would leak whenever it rained, as the glass didn’t appear to be securely in place. A superintendent of one of the several districts that received the buses [URL='https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/02/18/state-urges-winthrop-other-school-districts-to-take-electric-buses-off-the-road-due-to-defects/']told CentralMaine.com[/URL] that concerns about mixing electricity and water from the leaking windshields led them to stop driving some of the buses. The buses, [URL='https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/transportation/cleanbus#:~:text=Priority%20schools%20can%20apply%20for%20up%20to%20%24345%2C000%20towards%20the,equipped%20with%20a%20wheelchair%20lift.']which cost about $345,000 each[/URL], were also sold with misaligned or incorrect lettering on the sides, and other districts have reported broken rivets on the bodies of the vehicles. [/QUOTE]

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