GreenPower Motor Company Inc. announced that three of its Type D all-electric, purpose-built, zero-emission BEAST school buses have been delivered to its West Virginia dealer for the Grant County School District under round two funding of the EPA's Clean School Bus Program (CSBP).
Delivery of the West Virginia-manufactured school buses was paused for a few weeks as part of the spending freeze implemented by the Trump administration as the new EPA team evaluated the program. After the freeze was lifted, GreenPower's first delivery to its dealer in West Virginia under the CSBP was for Kanawha County. This delivery represents the second set of buses to Grant County through the program.
Calhoun County's school buses funded under the CSBP will be the next delivery for GreenPower to its dealer.
To date, GreenPower has delivered 22 of its all-electric, purpose-built, zero-emission school buses in West Virginia for deployment in school districts across the Mountain state. The deployments represent about half of the orders for West Virginia school districts that have installed charging infrastructure and are prepared to accept the buses.
"GreenPower continues to manufacture and deliver its all-electric, purpose-built school bus products to its dealer in West Virginia and dealers across the nation for school districts in a timely manner despite the current uncertainties of public policy, tariffs, and funding," said Brendan Riley, president of GreenPower. "This week's delivery to our West Virginia dealer is for the second school district in West Virginia under the Clean School Bus Program since the contract with EPA was signed just four months ago and the federal funding became available in mid-March."
