The number of electric school buses in Washington state is expected to more than double by 2026.
According to the Washington State Department of Ecology, there are currently 86 electric school buses in Washington spread across 40 school districts.
In early December, DOE awarded $31.5 million in state funding from the Climate Commitment Act and other sources. A week later, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded several multi-million dollar zero-emission school bus grants to Washington districts courtesy of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022…