Blink Charging has been able to help power electric school buses for this district: Saving money, preventing emissions, and empowering clean transportation for children.
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The Challenge
The Fontana Unified School District is located in Southern California, encompassing 45 unique schools. They are recognized nationwide for their fast growth in student achievement. They believe in providing opportunities for students to accomplish greatness, and impacting the world around them.
Fontana Unified Was Looking For:- Guidance to understand federal and state funding available for school bus electrification, the application process, and how to utilize funds
- Information and counsel on charging infrastructure to ensure installation of the right chargers with installation flexibility
- A committed EV charging provider that could facilitate the switch to an EV fleet across all levels, from installation to management
- Robust and innovative charging infrastructure for their fleets avoiding expensive future updates
- Technology solutions that met their environmental goals
Blink has sold or deployed nearly 400 Level 2 chargers at educational facilities across 14 states
ChallengeAnswerResultThe Answer
Blink Charging is proud to offer industry-leading EV charging solutions. Together, Fontana and Blink are pioneering the future of clean transportation in the education industry starting in their community.
Blink Provided the Solutions Fontana Was Looking For:- Blink Facilitated the Understanding of the acquisition of grant money from the state, helped them with the application for SCE (Southern California Edison) Charge Ready Funding, and insured the implementation of infrastructure in accordance with the public school system requirements
- EV Charging Solutions with a full range of deployment configurations. This allowed Fontana to create a new revenue stream by setting up charging infrastructure in areas where parents, teachers, and visitors could charge during the daytime, and their EV bus fleet overnight
- Continued Support With the Blink Network: A cloud-based software with remote access to charger management, remote real-time monitoring, and reporting of charging stations activity and environmental metrics
- Blink IQ 200 Level 2 AC Chargers: Designed with the future in mind, avoiding future infrastructure updates. All offered with a complimentary 1 year warranty, extendable to 5 years
School buses make great electric fleets and their health benefits for children, and the environment are undeniable. They are typically parked overnight, which allows for plenty charging time. Additionally, they don’t travel long distances since most routes for school buses are local. Meaning buses won’t necessarily have to recharge during the day because they do not require an extensive mile range.
ChallengeAnswerResultThe Result
Blink has been able to support Fontana’s mission of providing the best resources for their students, with a clean transportation alternative that impacts not only their schools but also the communities around them. Providing advanced solutions with flexibility to fit their EV fleet’s schedule and needs, while maximizing the utilization of their charging infrastructure to generate additional revenue. Fontana can now power clean energy buses with Blink IQ 200 chargers, the fastest Level 2 charging stations, available with variable of output from 12 to 80 amps. The charger’s smart technology offers smart grid functionality, allowing Fontana to manage and monitor their network of chargers from the Blink Network.
Avoid Frequent Replacement Costs
Electric School Buses Have An Average Battery Life of Approximately 16 Years
Electric Buses
Save BigSchool Districts Can Save $192,000 On Fuel and Maintenance When Switching to Electric
At Blink, We Lead the Charge to an All-Electric Future
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By using electricity instead of diesel, school districts could save $2,000 in fuel and $4,400 in maintenance every year. School districts are spending just 14 cents per mile on their electric buses compared to 49 cents per mile for diesel buses.
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IQ 200
The Blink IQ 200 chargers are the fastest Level 2 AC charging stations available, producing 80 amps of output, providing approximately 65 miles of charge in an hour. Operated on the Blink Network, they can charge any battery-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle.
IQ Configurations
The Blink IQ 200 is designed to be versatile. Its flexibility is showcased through its smart energy management capabilities, deployment options on variable charging currents between 12A and 80A, and numerous mounting options. It can painlessly be installed on a wall, on a pedestal as a single unit, or alongside several other charging stations and even as part of mobile charging solution.
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