Manufacturer to Start Making Electric School Buses This Fall

A Canadian electric school bus manufacturer will begin production at a West Virginia facility in September. In January, GreenPower signed a lease-purchase agreement for a manufacturing facility in South Charleston. The company announced recently it will take possession of the facility in August. It will start producing zero-emission buses the following month. Gov. Jim Justice says his administration will work with the company to demonstrate the electric buses in school districts statewide. Under President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan, the Environmental Protection Agency will offer rebates to school districts toward the purchase of electric buses to replace diesel-powered ones.