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GreenPower Motor Company Announces Plans to Set Up in South Charleston

A company that manufactures zero-emission, all-electric school buses is opening a facility in South Charleston. GreenPower Motor Company Inc. has signed an agreement with the state to lease/purchase a 9.5 acre facility in South Charleston, including an 80,000-square foot building, according to a news release from West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s Office. The operation is expected to bring 200 new jobs to the state within the next year and the potential to create as many as 900 jobs once full production is reached in 24 months. Officials with GreenPower said in the news release that once the facility reaches full production, the total economic impact could reach nearly $500 million per year.

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