Fewer than 1% of the nearly half-million school buses on the roads in the U.S. ran on electricity as of the end of 2023, even though this kind of clean
Fewer than 1% of the nearly half-million school buses on the roads in the U.S. ran on electricity as of the end of 2023, even though this kind of clean
The first electric school buses in the United States began running a decade ago in three school districts in California, providing a ride that was much less noisy, smelly and dirty than the diesel buses kids and parents were used to. The number of electric school buses on the road or on order across the country has more than tripled in the last two years, according to the World Resources Institute’s Electric School Bus Initiative. The number of states with electric bus legislation or goals also grew, from two to 14 between 2020 and last year.
Fewer than 1% of the nearly half million school buses on the roads in the U.S. ran on electricity as of the end of 2023, even though this kind of clean bus has.