An Electric School Bus Strategy for Ontario

7 AN ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS STRATEGY FOR ONTARIO i Ontario School Bus Transportation Given the health, climate and > Designing and implementing pilot programs to collect economic benefits that stand to be real-world data that will inform energy consumption and realized from the electrification of maintenance cost data and validate the use of vehicle-to- school buses, Pollution Probe, The grid (V2G) a. [...] health risks posed by air pollution and GHG emissions from diesel exhaust, and from traffic noise, and the anticipated physical and mental health benefits of switching to ESBs as a visible and meaningful step in reducing pollution and addressing the climate emergency. [...] Electrification of school buses also to the World Health Organization, enables schools and school districts to model sustainable children bear 88% of the burden practices for students and families, thereby contributing of disease from climate change.50 to the societal understanding of and action on climate One proven solution to reducing change. [...] This targets the production of a This abundance of key minerals minimum of 400,000 EVs and hybrids by 2030 and has been identified as an area of includes commitments to spur investment in advanced opportunity for the province in manufacturing and automotive technology and to invest Ontario’s Critical Minerals Strategy. [...] In the context of electricity storage, Vehicle- problematic for routes in which to-Building (V2B) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) represent the driver keeps the bus without the two most common V2X processes of transferring the returning to the yard with access to electricity stored in EVs to energy-related infrastructure.