GreenPower Motor Company Inc. announced the launch of Round 3 of its pilot project to demonstrate all-electric school buses in West Virginia. Boone, McDowell and Raleigh counties will deploy the all-electric Type D BEAST school bus while Wyoming County will use the award-winning Type A Nano BEAST school bus. The preliminary data and results from rounds 1 and 2 of the pilot project show that the GreenPower BEAST and Nano
BEAST are performing as expected with an overall performance rating of excellent and a battery consumption ranging from 1.1 to 1.5 miles per each percent of State of Charge. The pilots show that when fully utilizing level 2 chargers, the BEAST and Nano BEAST provide a school district a range of 200 to 250 miles per day. The third round of the pilot project will focus on more rural roads, colder temperatures and snowy conditions to show
how the buses handle winter conditions.