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These buses currently represent approximately 3% of the total national fleet of nearly 500,000 buses.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000088#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regional adoption is concentrated in the West and South, which together account for 64% of all committed electric school buses. The South has the highest number of students riding these buses at 102,000 (43% of the national total), followed by the West with 80,781 students.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000088#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"California is the leader in adoption with 3,110 committed buses and 67,462 students riding them, which is more than four times the number of buses in the next leading state, New York (764 buses).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000088#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The transition to electric buses addresses significant health and environmental harms; diesel school bus fleets emit an estimated 8.4 million metric tons of carbon pollution annually and produce over 40 toxic air contaminants. 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It defines key technical terms based on FAO guidelines, distinguishes between input and output measures of capacity, and outlines a four-level data framework for monitoring. 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