GreenPower Motor announces record delivery of all-electric school buses in Q2

GreenPower Motor Company announced record delivers of its all-electric school buses during the Q2. GreenPower delivered a record 16 purpose-built school buses in the Q2. Of that total, 13 were BEAST school buses and three were the award-winning Nano BEAST school buses. Michael Perez, GreenPower’s Vice President of School Bus, Contracts and Grants referenced an increasing number of states that are either mandating the switch to all-electric school buses, providing funds and incentives to change, or both. California is the most recent state to join Connecticut, Maine, Maryland and New York in mandating the purchase of zero-emission school buses when Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation providing funding of up to $5B to complete the state’s transition to zero-emission school buses by 2035. The California HVIP program has also extended the date for submissions for the public-school bus set-aside funding of $285,000 for a Type A eligible school bus without a wheelchair lift and $310,000 with a wheelchair lift and $370,000 for a Type D eligible school bus without a wheelchair lift and $395,000 with a wheelchair lift. Model 1 Commercial Vehicles is GreenPower’s exclusive dealer for its Type A Nano BEAST and Type D BEAST school buses in California. In addition to school bus deliveries, GreenPower also delivered 14 commercial vehicles consisting of 12 EV Star passenger vehicles, an EV Star Cargo and an EV Star specialty vehicle. While there were no deliveries of EV Star Cab and Chassis in the quarter, GreenPower presently has more than 50 ready for delivery.