Winners / 2025

First Charge

By: First Student
Bronze

Award Category: Transportation, Including Aerospace & Flight

Award Sub-Category: Scalable Clean Transportation Energy

The First Charge solution is an above-ground, trenchless charging infrastructure for electric school buses and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. First Charge’s design is a modular “drop-and-go” solution, that simplifies the process, cuts deployment times, saves up to 50% in costs and allows for rapid scaling and fleet deployments.

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