Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD) —a school bus manufacturer that's been in business for roughly 100 years — is having an amazing run on the bourses, outperforming the industry, sector and the S&P 500. In fact, BLBD has emerged as the best-performing auto manufacturer on a year-to-date basis. The company has pushed forward into new areas of automotive technology, including alternative fuel and electric vehicle (EV) buses. It is benefiting from the U.S. government's push to transition more public schools to EV bu ...