The state’s first electric buses are coming to Wichita.
KCUR reports that the city’s first battery-powered bus will hit the roads this month, with 10 more expected to join the fleet next year.
The city’s transit director, Mike Tann, scored a nearly $2 million federal grant to purchase four low-emissions buses from ProTerra. He has also bought seven smaller electric buses to replace aging buses that look like old trolleys using another grant.
(Read more: KWCH News)