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This episode discusses the innovative use of electric school buses in Colorado that serve as backup batteries for the local power grid.

6 New Electric Buses in Colorado Double as Backup Batteries for Denver Area Power Grid Cherry Creek’s yellow school buses will double as electric power plants Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host: Cool Stuff Daily

Topics covered

• electric buses
• power grid
• sustainability
• energy
• transportation

Keywords

• electric buses
• power grid
• backup batteries
• sustainability
• Cherry Creek

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cherry Creek

Places: Colorado, Denver Area

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