{"id":42064,"date":"2023-02-04T14:47:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T19:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=42064"},"modified":"2023-02-04T14:47:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T19:47:24","slug":"us-zero-emission-transit-buses-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=42064","title":{"rendered":"US zero-emission transit buses saw a 66% increase in 2022 \u2013 here&#8217;s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Proterra-electric-bus-reno-nevada.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Proterra-electric-bus-reno-nevada.jpg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Proterra-electric-bus-reno-nevada.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Proterra-electric-bus-reno-nevada.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/electrek.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Proterra-electric-bus-reno-nevada.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" alt=\"zero-emission transit buses\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>The number of full-size transit zero-emission buses in the US saw\u00a0a 66% increase since 2021,\u00a0according to newly released data.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-280683\"\/><ins class=\"adsbygoogle author_ad ad-container adsbygoogle author_ad hide-lg author-in-content\" data-ad-host=\"ca-host-pub-5506057612223327\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9817249230503449\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There were 5,480 full-size transit zero-emission buses funded, ordered, and\/or delivered in the US in 2022, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/calstart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Zeroing-in-on-ZEBs-February-2023_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the report<\/a>, \u201cZeroing in on ZEBs,\u201d from clean transport advocacy nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/calstart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Calstart<\/a>. That breaks down to 5,269 battery electric buses and 211 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrel.gov\/state-local-tribal\/blog\/posts\/fuel-cell-electric-buses-in-the-usa.html#:~:text=FCEBs%20in%20service.-,Fuel%20Cell%20Electric%20Bus%20Technology,powers%20the%20bus's%20electric%20motor.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fuel-cell electric buses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, there were 3,168 full-size transit battery electric buses and 129 fuel-cell electric buses.<\/p>\n<p>So even though fuel-cell electric buses are vastly outnumbered by battery electric buses, the former increased by 64% in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Adoptions of small zero-emission buses \u2013 transit buses that are Class 3 to 6 and shorter than 30 feet in length \u2013 grew by 42% across the US in the same period. As of September 2022, 876 small ZEBs have been adopted in the US, compared to 615 in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The state with the largest fleet of electric and fuel-cell buses is California, with 1,977. In fact, the West Coast, including Oregon and Washington, accounts for 41% of all zero-emission buses in the US. And that\u2019s unsurprising, since California is requiring that new sales of transit buses be zero-emissions by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>New York (489) and Florida (450) fall into second and third places, respectively, for total number of zero-emission buses.<\/p>\n<p>And California also led the country with the largest increase of zero-emission buses in 2022, with 735, followed by New York, with 285.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s Infrastructure Act acted as a catalyst last year for the big jump in zero-emission buses across the US. The Federal Transit Administration awarded more than $1.66 billion in 2022 through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/lowno#:~:text=For%20Fiscal%20Year%202023%2C%20%241.2,in%2048%20states%20and%20territories.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Low or No Emission Vehicle Program<\/a> grants, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/bus-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grants for Bus and Bus Facilities Program<\/a>. That money funded 1,100 clean buses.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Proterra Reno Nevada<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2023\/01\/12\/heres-how-this-company-turns-diesel-buses-into-electric-buses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here\u2019s how this company turns diesel buses into electric buses<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n<p><em>UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. 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That breaks down to 5,269 battery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}