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Share This Article Share PostMayor Adams announced this week that the Big Apple is getting 180 new electric school buses. There are currently only 50 electric school buses in the city’s fleet and over 10,000 still running on gas and oil. The Environmental Bond Act, approved by New York voters in 2022, makes over $500 million available for school bus electrification efforts across the state. Prices will go down, Garcia explains, once the demand for electric buses spurs increased production from automakers. And the federal dollars pouring into New York for electric school buses is also a great starting point for tackling pollution, advocates say.