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GreenPower to Take Possession of West Virginia Manufacturing Facility in August 2022
Pilot project to test all-electric school buses in school transportation operations across the state CHARLESTON, W.Va., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
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[{"type":"text","content":"Pilot project to test all-electric school buses in school transportation operations across the state\nCHARLESTON, W.Va., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (NASDAQ: GP) (TSXV: GPV) (\"GreenPower\"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of zero-emission, electric-powered, medium and heavy-duty vehicles, today announced the company's timeline to begin manufacturing zero-emission, all-electric school buses in its newly-acquired facility in South Charleston, West Virginia.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"GreenPower will take possession of the West Virginia manufacturing facility in August and production will begin in September,\" said Fraser Atkinson, CEO and Chairman of the Board of GreenPower. \"The facility will be instrumental in ramping up production of our all-electric school buses, the BEAST and Nano BEAST, in time to meet the demand created by EPA's Clean School Bus Program and state legislative mandates.\"\nIn January, GreenPower and Gov. Jim Justice announced plans for GreenPower to produce zero-emission, all-electric vehicles in West Virginia. Since then, efforts have been underway to begin manufacturing with buses rolling off the line by the third quarter of this fiscal year.\n\"Our West Virginia operations will serve as a cornerstone for U.S. manufacturing to deliver electric school buses to our customers on the East Coast and adjacent regions,\" said Brendan Riley, President and Director of GreenPower. \"Gov. Justice, members of his cabinet and staff, state legislators, city officials and educators at BridgeValley have all worked tirelessly to ensure we are up and running by late summer.\"\nDuring a Capitol press briefing today, Gov. Justice directed his Secretary of Economic Development Mitch Carmichael to work with GreenPower to develop a pilot project that will demonstrate GreenPower's all-electric school buses in school districts across the state of West Virginia. The goal of the pilot project will be to provide real-world testing of the vehicles in all areas of the state, both rural and urban, so that school districts have a better feel for the operations of the buses, including the needs and requirements of the charging infrastructure. \nGreenPower's production announcement and pilot project come at a time when the federal government is offering new funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructur...