Zūm is providing a fleet of 74 electric school buses and bidirectional chargers in Oakland, managed through its AI-enabled technology platform. In a Facebook post Thursday, Oakland Unified announced that it is the first school district in the nation to use a fully electric bus fleet after partnering with electric bus startup Zūm. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that required all newly purchased or leased state school buses to be zero-emission starting in 2035, with some exceptions for rural school districts giving them additional time. Over the last two decades, the state has spent or allocated $1.2 billion to clean its aging diesel school bus fleet. Oakland Unified’s new school buses removes an estimated 25,000 tons of greenhouse gasses from the environment annually, according to the company.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 18, 2024 20:33 UTC