The funding from the N.C. Volkswagen Settlement Program is earmarked primarily for rural counties, especially under-resourced communities. It will go toward buying 161 electric, propane, and lower-emission diesel school buses throughout North Carolina.
Executive Editor of School Bus Fleet, Wes Platt, talks with Jason Yan about the evolution of BYD into the electric school bus market. Yan is BYD America's director of sales operations for bus and coach.
Ramped-up production of BEAST and Nano BEAST electric school buses is expected to begin at the East Coast facility in September.
The North Carolina company cites increased demand and a need to prepare for ramped-up electric school bus production.
Company officials say supply chain disruptions, which they've also given as a cause for recent price increases, motivated the reduction of the workforce in Fort Valley.
The collaboration plans to leverage Nuvve’s technology and Stonepeak’s and Evolve’s capital through Levo to offer fully financed, V2G-enabled BYD medium- and heavy-duty electric fleet vehicles.
A U.S. Army veteran and former executive of Honeywell International and Tesla Motors, Ensign’s track record includes leading global operations for 42 factories in 15 countries and managing the supporting supply chains.
Developed in partnership with Power Electronics, the new Proterra charging systems offer transit agencies and fleet operators a customizable vehicle charging solution.
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