Beginning in Fall 2023, the university is implementing an all-electric fleet of shuttles for VandyRide services. This change comes as part of the Mobility and Transportation Office’s goal to electrify all the university’s vehicles and reduce carbon emissions as part of the 2019 MoveVU plan. The Mobility and Transportation Office was created as a result.
Vanderbilt University is taking delivery of six Lightning eMotors ZEV4 electric shuttle buses, expected to be delivered and deployed by mid-year for the
Through a partnership with Electrada and Holman, electric shuttles will be in service on the Tennessee campus in August. The switch from gas-powered buses is part of a university initiative to go carbon neutral by 2050.
Lightning eMotors supplying Vanderbilt’s first electric shuttles as part of the university’s carbon neutrality goals
Vehicles expected to be delivered and deployed in Q2 2023
. | May 18, 2023