The electric buses produce no tailpipe emissions and provide all the features that today's students need for a comfortable and productive ride
The new HuskyGo electric bus-the first of its kind in its fleet-sits next to the bus stops in the W Lot on Sept. 23, 2024. (Sydney Herdle/UConn Photo)
For more than 100 years, Storrs students have been able hop on buses of varying kinds - from a 1920s jalopy to today's sleekly designed "Ice Bus" - on their way to their classes, residence halls, and activities around campus.
While UConn Storrs has grown and even the school's name has evolved, one thing has remained the same: The buses have been powered by fossil fuels, which has been the standard technology for decades in mass transit around the world.
But that's about to change. As the State of Connecticut pursues more clean energy options, it is providing two new battery electric buses to the Windham Regional Transit District (WRTD), which operates UConn's bus system, for use on the Storrs campus starting in the spring semester.
