V2G Electric School Bus Commercialization Project

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V2G Electric School Bus Commercialization Project
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Blue Bird Electric
Team Organizations Blue Bird
Team Leaders Andy Moore
Participating Municipalities Macon GA
Sectors Transportation
Status Development
Last Updated May 1, 2024

Summary

Project is addressing VTO’s core objective of reducing the cost of PEVs, and VTO’s specific Electrification R&D objective of understanding the potential impacts of EV charging on the nation’s electric grid – in both cases through pioneering V2G technology in heavy-duty vehicles

Overall Objectives

  • Create a compelling value proposition for electric school buses based on a competitive total cost of ownership
  • Advance the technical maturity of selected medium-duty electric drive components to achieve superior energy efficiency and reduce operating costs
  • Enable V2G and V2B income-generating grid integration

Objectives this Period

  • Advance the elements needed to enable electric school bus fleets to function as DERs that can provide active, compensated forms of grid support
    • Specification and procurement of high-power bidirectional EVSEs
    • Interconnection contracting for EV-based distributed energy resources (DERs)
    • Metering and tariffs to support service provision on utility and RTO networks

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BlueBirdV2G.pdf