Oakland's new fleet of electric school buses hits the road
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Gaurav Saini, senior program manager of electric vehicles, stands between Zum electric buses and charging stations before a news conference announcing the Oakland Unified School District as being the first major school district in the country to use 100% electric school buses. (Jeff Chiu/AP)
Matt Simon, senior staff writer at Grist, joins us to discuss Oakland's new fleet of electric school buses that send power back to the grid.