GreenPower Utilizing $18.5M+ EPA Grant to Deploy 88 Electric School Buses and Charging Infrastructures in West Virginia School Districts

April 12, 2024
During the fiscal year 2024, GreenPower delivered 29 Type D BEAST and 12 Type A Nano BEAST school buses across the country, marking an increase of 356% from the previous fiscal year

GreenPower Motor Company, a manufacturer and distributor of all-electric, zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, will deliver 88 all-electric Type D Beast and Type A Nano BEAST school buses to seven school districts in West Virginia during fiscal year 2025.

Once deployed, GreenPower will have nearly 100 all-electric school buses in operation in West Virginia school districts.

“These seven counties were leaders in the #YesWV GreenPower All-Electric School Bus Pilot Project conducted during the 2022-23 school year. The Pilot showed that, in fact, these buses worked well in the conditions and terrain of the Mountain State,” said Mark Nestlen, GreenPower’s VP of Business Development & Strategy.

This project was made possible in January 2024 when the EPA provided an $18,565,000 grant to GreenPower of WV to deploy GreenPower’s all-electric school buses to seven West Virginia counties. The grant also includes funding to build the required charging infrastructures, ensuring a proper charging strategy to support bus deployment.

During the fiscal year 2024, GreenPower delivered 29 Type D BEAST and 12 Type A Nano BEAST school buses across the country, marking an increase of 356% from the previous fiscal year.

The company’s production schedule for the fiscal year 2025 is also slated to begin producing electric school buses for school districts in other states, including New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Oregon.

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