Resource library
This case study reviews the feasibility of electric school buses in Atlantic Canada, analyzing costs, benefits, and operational considerations for sustainable student transportation.
This case study examines Edmonton’s electric school bus pilot, showcasing benefits, challenges, and lessons learned for advancing clean, sustainable student transportation.
This brief provides an overview of federal funding for ESB and presents CESBA’s 2025 budget recommendations.
This U.S. guide compares ESB models, specs, and charger options to plan fleet electrification effectively.
A study of battery-electric buses in Montreal reveals seasonal energy use patterns, regenerative braking efficiency, and cost benefits for sustainable transit.
This working paper explores how Tribal sovereignty, cultural values, and legal frameworks shape equitable strategies for electrifying school bus transportation in Indian Country.
This review analyzes early electric school bus adoption, comparing diesel and electric models on air pollution, climate, health benefits, funding, and equity challenges.
Report examines Quebec’s school bus system, highlighting service disruptions, labor shortages, market concentration, and reform proposals.
This report analyzes the economic impacts and transition strategies of Canada’s EV industry, including information on electric school bus manufacturing.
This report evaluates the deployment of electric school buses in Montana, specifically their performance, cost-savings, reliability, emissions reductions, and best practices.
This report examines the equity impacts of the ESB transition across five lifecycle phases and offers recommendations for a just transition.
Visual factsheet covering the highlights of our 2025 recommendations report.
Read CESBA’s 2025 report for insights on Canada’s school bus electrification, current challenges, and solutions for widespread ESB adoption.
This factsheet provides an overview of the benefits of electric school bus (ESB) adoption, quick facts on school buses and ESBs, as well as barriers to adoption.
This toolkit complements the Driving Towards a Healthier Future report with videos, factsheets, teaching materials, advocacy templates, and more to help advance school bus electrification.
This report examines the health impacts of fossil-fuel school buses in Atlantic Canada and underscores the need for electric alternatives.
Standards for training on electric school bus awareness, safety, operations, and maintenance.
This catalogue lists specs for 150+ zero-emission vans, buses, and trucks available in Canada, with details on pricing, wait times, and charging.
This paper examines how the shift to electric school buses affects students with disabilities in under-resourced communities and offers recommendations for an equitable transition.
A review of the climate, health, and economic benefits of accelerating electric school bus adoption across Ontario.
This toolkit explains traffic-related air pollution, its health and environmental impacts, and ways to reduce it.
This study shows that electric school buses deliver major health and climate benefits in the United States, especially in urban areas with older fleets.
This report analyzes an electric school bus pilot in Calgary, including winter performance and total cost of ownership.
The article explores the training needs for electric school bus operators and maintenance technicians, emphasizing challenges, solutions, and recommendations for a fair and effective transition to fleet electrification.
Recording of the panel Exploring Pathways to 100% Electric School Bus Adoption hosted on May 30, 2023, as part of CESBA’s conference.
Executive summary of CESBA’s report, which examines the feasibility and benefits of electrifying the entire Canadian school bus fleet by 2040.
This report examines the feasibility and benefits of electrifying the entire Canadian school bus fleet by 2040.
This is a list of federal funding and financing opportunities to accelerate the transition to electric school buses.
In recognition of Healthy Environment for Learning Day (April 27, 2023), the CCNB asked students and the driver of New Brunswick’s first electric school bus what they think of their electric school bus.
This is a video of Victoria BC students enjoying their ride on one of the school district’s electric buses.
Educators will outline the importance of climate change education and the use of the electric school bus as a tool for teaching about climate change, climate action, and hope.
This is PEI’s story of how they are leading the charge in transitioning their school bus fleets to electric.
This infography describes the various benefits of shifting to electric school buses across Canada.
The report confirms school buses are the safest transportation for children and highlights opportunities to further improve safety features.
This comprehensive scientific review examines the evidence for associations between several adverse health effects and traffic-related air pollution (TRAP).
This guide outlines eligibility, application steps, and guidelines for transit agencies seeking funding to adopt zero-emission fleets.
Webpage of Earth Rangers’ program which empowers students to design and implement environmental action projects while learning about ESBs.
This report describes the advantages and various challenges associated with electrifying school buses, and presents recommendations to expedite the electrification process.
This policy brief explores the political context, benefits, and challenges related to electric school buses, along with specific policy recommendations for Quebec.
This policy brief explores the political context, benefits, and challenges related to electric school buses, along with specific policy recommendations for Prince Edward Island.
This policy brief explores the political context, benefits, and challenges related to electric school buses, along with specific policy recommendations for Ontario.
This policy brief explores the political context, benefits, and challenges related to electric school buses, along with specific policy recommendations for New Brunswick.
This policy brief explores the political context, benefits, and challenges related to electric school buses, along with specific policy recommendations for the Federal Government of Canada.
This policy brief explores the political context, benefits, and challenges related to electric school buses, along with specific policy recommendations for British Columbia.
This report explores the environmental, social and economic opportunities ESBs offer Ontario, and lays out a series of priority actions that can be led concurrently and consecutively by key stakeholder groups.
Presentation of WRI’s working paper Equity Framework to Guide the ESB Initiative, followed by a panel discussion about equity issues in Canada’s ESB transition.
This report explores Canada’s ZeroX2040 national strategy, outlining policy recommendations to electrify MHDV and build the necessary charging infrastructure.
This report explores V2G technology, its services and application to electric school buses in Canadian provinces.
This report discusses EV adoption in rural areas, addressing unique challenges like grid integration, distance from centers, and cold climates.
A report highlighting the environmental, health and, more particularly, financial benefits of electrifying Ontario’s school bus fleets.
This paper identifies and gathers information regarding advocacy stakeholders in the transition to ESBs in the U.S.
This brief provides an overview of federal funding for ESB and presents 2024 budget recommendations from CESBA.
Latest CESBA updates, and electric school bus related work and news.
Webinar covering the key steps to planning and installing depot charging, applying for grants, choosing charging hardware and working with utilities.
Opportunities and barriers of battery repurposing and recycling so that school districts, vehicle manufacturers and policymakers can set a foundation to build a circular value chain.
Overview of the benefits of repowers, including power purchase price, supply chain benefits and promoting a circular economy.
Study looking at the allocation of funding for school bus replacements and retrofits to causally assess the impacts of upgrading buses on student attendance.
Presentation on school bus electrification in Canada, benefits, resources, best practices and initiatives.
Information on the testing standards and safety mechanisms for ESB batteries, statistics about vehicle thermal events, and training opportunities for technicians and first responders.
Policy brief addressing the state of school bus electrification in Nova Scotia, its importance and the progress still needed.
Podcast episode with Highland Electric Fleets about their alternative business model for helping school districts electrify their fleets.
Latest CESBA updates, and electric school bus related work and news.
Presentation by the Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment about the 2023 HELD campaign promoting the electrification of school buses.
This brief provides an overview of federal funding for ESB and presents 2023 budget recommendations from CESBA.
The rationale and process for incorporating an equity perspective into school transportation electrification advocacy work.
Steps for key stakeholders to take to deploy V2X-enabled ESBs to provide emergency backup power, and potential funding opportunities to facilitate their deployment for resilience purposes.
Webinar on how electric school buses with vehicle-to-everything technology can serve as emergency mobile power units and enhance infrastructure resilience.
White Paper on finding and securing opportunities outside the traditional school budget.
White Paper on how energy planners can optimize the value of an electric school bus fleet.
White Paper on the important factors to consider for transitioning a school bus fleet, from grant funding programs to collaboration with key stakeholders.
Information on the composition of school bus fleets in the United States, including the model year, fuel type, manufacturer, seating capacity and ownership model.
Resources on the school bus electrification in the United States, featuring success stories, articles and factsheets for transportation managers.
Latest CESBA updates, and electric school bus related work and news.
Workshop on the benefits of electric school buses and the strategies for engaging stakeholders around it, drawing on the U.S. experience.
Recommendations for the B.C. government to better position itself in the electric vehicles battery sector.
Interactive tool providing an overview of the progress and commitment to electric vehicles around the world.
Webpage of the U.S.-based Electric School Bus Initiative.
Report tracking Canadian sub-national leadership in ZEV strategies, policies and investments.
Important considerations for electric bus and other heavy-duty vehicles charging.
Webpage of the Electric School Buses program of the U.S.-based Electrification Coalition.
Webpage of the U.S.-based Electric School Bus Coalition.
Webpage of the U.S.-based Alliance for Electric School Buses.
Latest CESBA updates, and electric school bus related work and news.
Webinar series examining the issues surrounding the adoption of low-carbon fuels and solutions to overcome them.
Lessons from Prince Edward Island, one of Canada’s leading jurisdictions in school transportation electrification.
Plea for electrification of the New Brunswick government’s school bus fleet.
Review of electric bus technologies and their charging systems, future developments, and key steps to consider for successful deployment to small and medium-sized school bus operators.
Latest CESBA updates, and electric school bus related work and news.
Learn about the issue of electric school buses in the Maritimes in this recorded webinar co-hosted in partnership with Ecology Action Centre.
Presentation and comparaison of the advantages and disadvantages of the various vehicle charging options available or in development.
Report quantifying the potential climate, health, and economic benefits of electric school buses adoption in BC and assessing the policy options to accelerate it.
Comprehensive overview of the U.S. electric school bus market with a catalog of electric school bus models available.
Checklist of elements to consider in the process of electrifying a heavy vehicle fleet.
White Paper reviewing the health and economic development opportunities for school bus electrification in Ontario and best practices elsewhere.
Presentation as part of the Electric School Bus Initiative about the U.S. EPA new Clean School Bus Program and the ways to leverage it for your school district and community.
Template pitch deck developed as part of the Electric School Bus Initiative for people to use in promoting electric school buses to their school districts and communities.
Guide developed as part of the Electric School Bus Initiative to help school districts prepare for discussions with their electric utility about school bus electrification.
Discussion with community leaders who work to bring the benefits of electric school buses to their schools to learn about their motivations, obstacles, path to solutions and other solutions in their journey.
