Chart: Which states have the most electric school buses?

California, the most populous U.S. state, boasts the most EV school buses on its roads — and has the most robust pipeline of any state. The Golden State has more than 3,000 electric school buses ​“committed,” WRI’s umbrella term for EV buses already on the road, delivered, ordered, or for which a district has been awarded funding to purchase.

Maryland, which in 2022 mandated that all new school buses purchased or contracted must be electric by 2025, has the second-largest fleet of delivered and operational buses. New York, which has mandated that its entire school bus fleet be electric by 2035 — not just new purchases — has the second-biggest EV school bus pipeline.

Overall, the U.S. currently has 12,216 ​“committed” EV school buses, per WRI. That’s a big step up from the end of last year, when the same figure was just under 9,000, but still only a fraction of the overall U.S. school bus fleet of nearly 500,000 vehicles.

The wheels of the EV school bus revolution are starting to turn in the U.S. — but they need to roll much faster to get the country to a place where every school bus is safe for the planet, and for kids.

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