GreenPower

Photo: GreenPower GreenPower has delivered an electric purpose-built Type D BEAST school bus to Arizona, its first in the state. GreenPower’s BEAST – “battery electric automotive school transportation” – is a 40-foot electric school bus that seats up to 90 passengers. It features an aluminum body on a high-strength steel truss chassis. The BEAST has a 194 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery pack and a range of up to 150 miles, and standard dual port charging, with Level 2 charging rates…

GreenPower Motor Company is rolling out the first electric school buses manufactured at its new factory in West Virginia to school districts. Four Type A Nano BEAST school buses will roll out of the Kanawha County factory tomorrow. (BEAST stands for “battery electric automotive school transportation.”) This week, they’ll be delivered to Cabell County, Clay County, Kanawha County, and Monongalia County school districts in West Virginia. The Type A Nano BEAST has a 150 kW max electric motor…

Electric school buses are hardly front page news these days, but GreenPower has charged its way onto our radar with the Mega Beast – a purpose-built 40-ft-long young people carrier with a monstrous battery bank.Within the belly of this beast is "the biggest battery pack in the school bus market" at 387 kWh, for up to 300 miles (~480 km) between plug-ins. Like GreenPower's existing Beast bus, the Mega Beast can seat up to 90 passengers on the school run, but is aimed at servicing longer routes or rural locations that may…

Commercial EV maker, GreenPower Motor Company, released its fiscal Q1 earnings this morning, highlighting several key milestones achieved in the quarter. The first quarter shows GreenPower’s commercial EV platform is in high demand, with a large market awaiting. GreenPower caters to many transportation customers through its flagship model, the EV Star Platform. For example, the EV Star Platform can be used for transit, shuttles, paratransit, hospitals, cargo, and delivery. In addition, GreenPower makes electric…