Photo Credit:Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107] Amsterdam's electric bus fleet

These Countries Are Electrifying Their Bus Fleets the Fastest

27 Jun 2025 | Abstracted from WRI

"Buses - including city, coach and school buses - make up approximately 5% of global transport carbon dioxide emissions. Electrifying the bus fleet could also provide a model for electrifying trucks, which make up about a quarter of transport emissions.

"Five countries - China, the Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland and Denmark - are already setting an example by growing their electric bus sales from less than 6% to more than 60%..."

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