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GreenPower to manufacture zero-emission, all-electric school buses in West Virginia

Reading time 1 min     Christian Fernsby ▼ | January 13, 2022
Governor Jim Justice announced that GreenPower Motor Company Inc. has signed an agreement with the state to lease/purchase a 9.5-acre manufacturing facility in South Charleston, including an 80,000-square-foot building, where it will manufacture zero-emission, all-electric school buses.
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The operation will bring up to 200 new jobs to the state when manufacturing begins later this year, with the potential workforce to eventually reach up to 900 new jobs when full production is reached in 24 months.

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Officials with GreenPower say, once the facility reaches full production, the total economic impact could reach nearly $500 million per year.


 

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