With the recent deployment of fully 42 battery electric school buses, InspireNOLA Charter Schools is providing smooth, quiet, and emissions-free transportation for thousands of students in and around New Orleans. Operated by Louisiana-based A&S Transportation and Highland Electric Fleets, the new electric bus fleet replaces the same number of diesel buses while maintaining reliable service across 58 routes covering more than 3,400 miles per day. Figuring approx. 181 tons of harmful carbon emissions per bus, per school year. That’s a significant ~5,790 tons of carbon saved – a number that translates to hundreds of thousands of dollars in community health benefits every year. Replacing an average diesel school bus in the US fleet in 2017 with an electric one resulted in $84,200 in total benefits per individual bus. Each electric school bus emitted 181 fewer metric tons of carbon dioxide than its diesel counterpart, amounting to $40,400 worth of climate benefits. Meanwhile, each electric school bus was associated with $43,800 in health savings, from less air pollution and reduced rates of mortality and childhood asthma. HARVARD …