Applications

Electric School Bus Conversions

Transform your diesel school buses into clean, efficient electric vehicles with our field-proven uniqueEV® platform.

Advantages to repowering your fleet

The economics of making the transition to an EV fleet can be complex. Even though new electric buses have lower operating costs than old gas and diesel buses, fleet managers can’t retire vehicles overnight. Also, current OEM offerings for new electric school buses remain very limited and costly. But, there is a different solution… re-powering your current buses.

With our uniqueEV® platform, it is possible to re-power existing Type A-D buses into clean, efficient electric powered buses. Electric school bus conversions offer a lower-cost and less disruptive path to an electric powered fleet than buying new.

Field tested, economical and flexible

The uniqueEV® platform is designed for student and passenger transport, both urban and rural. The core system features a high-torque electric motor with safe batteries optimized for the duty cycle of electric school buses. Our flexible open architecture enables us to configure lithium-ion battery packs, onboard AC and optional DC charging, and fuel-cell range extenders to optimize vehicle range for a variety of duty cycles.

Affordable

uniqueEV® electric school bus conversions lead to significantly reduced operational costs. These savings come from reduced fuel costs, zero powertrain maintenance, a doubling of brake life, fewer extra vehicles needed for downtime, a lower cost of regulatory compliance and in many cases available EV financial incentives.

A few of the benefits

Smooth, silent operation benefits both students and the community​

Elimination of CO2, NOx, and diesel soot for safer transport for children and adults

Better acceleration and control for improved driver experience

Dramatic reduction in maintenance for lower cost and greater uptimes

Zero tailpipe emissions for a clean environment

Simplified hassle-free electric school bus conversions

We make the electric school bus conversion process easier.

To ensure success, we follow a detailed process which includes:

  1. Route and Usage Assessment
  2. Vehicle Assessment
  3. Funding Assessment
  4. Vehicle Conversion
  5. Charging Solutions
  6. Vehicle Delivery & Training
  7. On-going Support

All uniqueEV® electric school bus conversions feature:

  • Up to 150kWhr batteries via modular Li-Ion Battery Packs to tailor vehicle range up to 180 Miles
  • SAE J1772 Charging Interface standard utilizing onboard 12kW AC Charger
  • Optional DC Charging (CCS Type 1 Combo Connector for opportunity charging)
  • Accommodation for HVAC, wheelchair lifts, and other powered accessories
  • Driver Digital Dash

Attention bus builders

The uniqueEV® electric platform is also available as a finished chassis (roller skate) for new bus manufacturers.

unique EV conversion package
unique EV conversion package

Attention bus builders

The uniqueEV® electric platform is also available as a finished chassis (roller skate) for new bus manufacturers.