“It’s got lots of power if you need it,” he said. “It’s just very neat to be a part of something that’s probably going to end up being a big part of our industry to come, that’s for sure.”
Kowalko said students have been “over the moon” about riding in an electric bus. They received cards on Monday that said: “I rode on the first electric school bus in B.C.”
The new bus can seat 76 kindergarten-Grade 4 students and 48 older students, slightly less than a diesel model. A second electric bus is scheduled to be in service by mid-month in the district, where the bus system serves more than 4,000 students.