Charged EVs | Nevada faculty district orders 15 GreenPower BEAST electrical faculty buses

The Clark County Faculty District in Nevada has ordered 15 GreenPower Sort D BEAST electrical faculty buses via car dealership the RWC Group.

CCSD is the fifth-largest faculty district within the nation, and it owns and operates some 1,924 buses that transport 125,000 college students each day. The district put its first GreenPower Sort D BEAST faculty bus into service earlier this yr.

The brand new batch of 15 e-buses will likely be bought utilizing funding from the EPA’s Clear Faculty Bus Program. Underneath Spherical 1 of the EPA funding, every Sort 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 underneath $7 million.

GreenPower’s BEAST is a purpose-built, 40-foot Sort D all-electric faculty 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 possibility.

“Clark County is an modern and forward-thinking faculty district that leads the nation within the transition to all-electric faculty buses,” mentioned Michael Perez, GreenPower’s VP for Faculty Bus, Contracts and Grants. “We’re honored to have our purpose-built BEAST faculty buses as the inspiration of Clark County’s transition.”

Supply: GreenPower