LA28 selects Highland to supply 500 electric school buses for Games

VIDEO SHOWS: BROLL OF ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS / INTERVIEWS WITH LOS ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS, HIGHLAND ELECTRIC FLEETS CEO DUNCAN MCINTYRE, LA28 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER REYNOLD HOOVER, PARALYMPIC SWIMMER JAMAL HILL RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT SHOWS: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 29, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS 2. BANNER READING (English): "HIGHLAND PROUDLY POWERING MOVEMENT AT THE LA28 GAMES” 3. BUS STICKER READING (English): “ELECTRIC” 4. LOS ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS CUTTING RIBBON WITH EVENT SPEAKERS IN FRONT OF AN ELECTRIC YELLOW BUS 5. (SOUNDBITE)(English) LA28 CEO, REYNOLD HOOVER, SAYING: “Well, what a great day. Today is 1019 days until Opening Ceremonies here at the Memorial Coliseum. But more importantly today, we're here to celebrate the partnership with Highland Electric Fleets. And they're going to bring in 500 school buses, the iconic yellow school buses, as part of our commitment to sustainability and provide electric services, electric transportation for us.” 6. EVENT ATTENDEES  7. LOS ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS AND EVENT SPEAKERS POSE FOR A PHOTO 8. (SOUNDBITE)(English) LOS ANGELES MAYOR, KAREN BASS, SAYING: “This is an important step forward. We must, and we will, continue finding new ways to reduce the environmental impact of the Games, and to ensure that all of our communities benefit. So not only do these electric zero emission school buses help reduce emissions, but they will also have local drivers, consultants and construction partners hired, meaning that this partnership also benefits our local economy.” 9. VARIOUS OF HIGHLAND ELECTRIC FLEETS CEO DUNCAN MCINTYRE SPEAKING AT THE EVENT 10. (SOUNDBITE)(English) HIGHLAND CEO, DUNCAN MCINTYRE, SAYING: “The Olympics is an amazing global event, global sporting event, and the logistics and the operations involved in pulling it off are considerable. And so we will deploy equipment, buses, charging infrastructure, all sorts of staff, and will be part of making that logistical challenge feel seamless for anyone who's visiting and participating in the Games. And most importantly, zero emissions coming out of every single bus will deploy.” 11. HIGHLAND CEO DUNCAN AND EVENT ATTENDEES WALKING INFRONT OF THE YELLOW BUS 12. SCHOOL BUS  13. HIGHLAND BANNER 14. YELLOW SCHOOL BUS  15. (SOUNDBITE)(English) PARALYMPIC SWIMMER, JAMAL HILL, SAYING:  “It feels like we're living into the future. L.A. is my hometown, it's my home city. I grew up getting on those yellow school buses, and just as American as a yellow school bus on the good side is sadly one of the bad sides was so was the black exhaust coming out the back of them. And we all know how detrimental that is to our youth, to our lungs and all the health concerns that it causes. To be able to see these yellow school buses re-imagined, completely green and good for the environment, it's the dream come true I didn't even know I had.” 16. SCULPTURES  17. YELLOW SCHOOL BUS 18. (SOUNDBITE)(English) LA MAYOR, KAREN BASS, SAYING: “We are showing the world, and working together, and finding these innovative solutions can change the status quo. This is the future because L.A. is the future.” 19. ELECTRIC YELLOW BUS INFRONT OF LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM STORY: LA28 on Monday (September 29) said it has chosen Highland Electric Fleets as the official electric school bus provider for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a partnership that will deploy 500 zero-emission buses to support transport operations. Rather than acquiring new vehicles, LA28 plans to repurpose yellow electric school buses from local districts to move accredited stakeholders during the Games, an approach the organizers say will cut emissions and costs. Highland will join the LA28 transport team to run what the partners described as a first-of-its-kind electric school bus program for the Games.  The company will oversee operations including daily logistics and charging, depot management and on-site technical support across venues throughout the event. "The logistics and the operations involved in pulling it off are considerable. And so we will deploy equipment, buses, charging infrastructure, all sorts of staff, and will be part of making that logistical challenge feel seamless," said Highland CEO Duncan McIntyre. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the partnership an example of using existing resources to reduce emissions and leave a "lasting impact for Angelenos." Bass has referred to the Los Angeles Olympics as a "no-car" Games and will encourage fans to use public transportation to get around the sprawling city. "We are showing the world and working together and finding these innovative solutions can change the status quo. This is the future because L.A. is the future," she said. LA28 has pledged to minimize the environmental footprint of Games operations. The event plans to rely on existing Southern California venues and not build new permanent infrastructure. Highland Electric Fleets, founded in 2019, provides electrification-as-a-service for school districts and other fleets. The company says it led the first commercial vehicle-to-grid program using electric school buses and operates the largest such project in the United States. (Production by Alan Devall, Sarah Wemy)

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