Nevada college district orders 15 GreenPower BEAST electrical college buses
The Clark County College District in Nevada has ordered 15 GreenPower Kind D BEAST electrical college buses by way of car dealership the RWC Group.
CCSD is the fifth-largest college district within the nation, and it owns and operates some 1,924 buses that transport 125,000 college students day by day. The district put its first GreenPower Kind D BEAST college bus into service earlier this 12 months.
The brand new batch of 15 e-buses will likely be bought utilizing funding from the EPA’s Clear College Bus Program. Underneath Spherical 1 of the EPA funding, every Kind D GreenPower BEAST is eligible for $375,000 in grant funding. The overall buy value of Clark County’s 15 BEASTs is just a little below $7 million.
GreenPower’s BEAST is a purpose-built, 40-foot Kind D all-electric college bus with seating for as much as 90 passengers. The BEAST options an built-in chassis with an all-aluminum physique, permitting for pass-through storage beneath the bus. The twin-port charging helps Stage 2 charges as much as 19.2 kW and DC quick charging charges as much as 85 kW. Wi-fi charging can be out there as an choice.
“Clark County is an modern and forward-thinking college district that leads the nation within the transition to all-electric college buses,” stated Michael Perez, GreenPower’s VP for College Bus, Contracts and Grants. “We’re honored to have our purpose-built BEAST college buses as the inspiration of Clark County’s transition.”
Supply: GreenPower
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