In March of 2020 @mocoboe told MD Legislature that an electric school bus costs approx. $200,000 more than diesel.

 

• March 4, 2020  Montgomery County Board of Education Opposes HB 1451 due to cost of electric school buses.

...The current cost of MCPS school buses is approximately $150,000. On an annual basis, MCPS purchases 120 new school buses. Electric school buses are an estimated additional $200,000 per bus. The additional expenditure for 120 school buses at $200,000 each bus with 6-year financing totals $4,000,000 to be added to the FY 2024 budget and subsequent budgets.  

Additionally, there are concerns as to whether school bus manufacturers can realistically meet this demand by 2023 for all jursidictions in the state...