round of SST-e buses (as they are called) is partly funded by the AB 118 Air Quality Improvement Program administered by the California Air Resources Board. The Trans Tech/Motiv vehicle has passed all KCUSD and California Highway Patrol inspections and certifications. Although some diesel hybrids are in use, this is the first modern electric school bus approved for student transportation by any state. Since 2015, the Canadian manufacturer Lion Bus offers a full size school bus, eLion, with a body made out of composites. It is a regular production version that is built and shipped in volume since early 2016, with around 50 units sold until 2017. In February 2021, there were about 300 electric schoolbuses in operation in the United States. That month, Montgomery County, Maryland approved a contract to transition its 1,400 vehicle schoolbus fleet to electric buses by 2035, with the first 25 buses arriving in fall 2021. The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act included $2.5 billion in funding for electric school buses, to be distributed over five years. By June 2022, 38 US states were using electric schoolbuses. In September 2022, EPA funding for electric schoolbuses was doubled, from $500 million to almost $1 billion, due to high demand. The improvement in air quality over diesel powered school buses is expected to be helpful for children with asthma. In addition, the BIDIRECTIONAL Act was introduced in the US Senate, to "create a program dedicated to deploying electric school buses with bidirectional vehicle-to-grid (V2G) flow capability.” Transit use Transit authorities that use battery buses or other types of all-electric buses, other than trolleybuses: Asia UAE The UAE has recently introduced electric buses. The busses are public buses which serve Dubai. Malaysia Bandar Sunway Kuala Lumpur Putrajaya Melaka City Selangor Kota Kinabalu (coming soon 2018) Kota Bharu (coming soon 2018) Kuching (on trial since 1 March 2019) Indonesia TransJakarta plans to replace aging fleet with newer electric powered buses. Available candidates are locally made MAB buses and imported BYD buses. Technical trials started by September 2019. Paiton Energy took delivery of the first locally produced electric bus made by PT MAB. India Highlights: On 6 March 2014, India's first intra-city e-bus was launched in Bengaluru. On 17 October 2016, Ashok Leyland unveiled India’s first indigenous e-bus. On 8 August 2019, Government of India sanctioned 5,595 e-buses to 64 cities and state transport undertakings. On 5 September 2019,