March, 2007. The School District of Manatee County in Bradenton, Fla., was the first school district in the country to receive hybrid school buses through the Plug-In Hybrid Electric School Bus Project. Manatee School District's two hybrid school buses are part of the 19 hybrid buses awarded nationwide by Advanced Energy, a non-profit corporation that initiated a buyer's consortium of school districts, state energy agencies and student transportation providers. http://www.advancedenergy.org/corporate/initiatives/heb/Florida%20First.php
Making history as the first Hybrid School Bus Drivers in the United States are: Michael Wells, Marion Patterson, Chris Broemel and Ron Schneider.
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