The electric bus market in North America is still nascent. Commitments to energy transition taken by states and municipalities are beginning to become numerous (California leading the way), and the coming years will be decisive for the deployment of large fleets of electric buses on the streets.

Challenges, barriers, opportunities, and trends in the evolution of the region's zero-emission bus market, as well as the roles of school buses and coaches, pro and cons of hydrogen drives, are the topics of our talk with Dan Raudebaugh, Executive Director for the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), a nonprofit organization active in the support and implementation of less polluting transportation technologies side by side with transit operators, industry, institutions.