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LAUREN: WEST VIRGINIA ON THE
VERGE OF ELECTRIC MAKEOVER
ESTATE KNOWN FOR THE COAL MINING
INDUSTRY IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE CANADIAN EV MAKER CALLED
GREEN POWER MOTOR COMPANY TO
MANUFACTURE 0 ADMISSION SCHOOL
BUSES THE BEAST AS A VEHICLE IS
KNOWN WILL BRING OVER 200 JOBS
TO THE STATE AND BEGIN ROLLING
OFF THE MANUFACTURING LINES BY
THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR GREEN
POWER MOTOR COMPANY CEO JOINS ME
NOW, WHY WEST VIRGINIA?
>> WE DID AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH
ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR DIFFERENT
FACILITIES AND WE ULTIMATELY
DETERMINED WE NEEDED THE RIGHT
FACILITY THAT WAS READY FOR
PRODUCTION OF US IMMEDIATELY AND
A PARTNER SHIP WITH THE LOCAL
STATE AND SOCAL SO WE FOUND THAT
WEST VIRGINIA.
WERE REALLY EXCITED BUILDING OUT
OF FACILITY AND ELECTRIC SCHOOL
BUSES IN WEST VIRGINIA.
>> DID THEY GIVE YOU INCENTIVES
TO ATTRACT YOU TO THE STATES AND
HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO ANY OTHER
STATES.
>> WE SPOKE TO OVER 10 - 12
DIFFERENT STATES AND VISITED A
NUMBER OF PRODUCTION FACILITIES
FROM THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST
COAST WE ARE BASED OUTSIDE OF
LOS ANGELES AND CURRENTLY HAVE A
MANUFACTURING IN SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY, OUR FOCUS WITHIN THE
SCHOOL BUS SECTOR WE THOUGHT WE
NEEDED A DEDICATED FACILITY.
WE LOOKED FOR FACTORY READY
FACILITIES AND WE FOUND ONE IN
WEST VIRGINIA AND THE FOLKS IN
WEST VIRGINIA WERE ABLE TO HELP
US FACILITATE A TRANSACTION
WHERE WE CAN GET IN AND UTILIZE
OUR FUNDING FOR PRODUCTION AS
OPPOSED TO A REAL ESTATE
BUILDUP.
THERE HELPING US BUILD ON THE
FACILITY AND BUILDING OUR
PRODUCT.
LAUREN: A CALIFORNIA COPY GOES
TO WEST VIRGINIA IS WHAT I’M
HEARING AND WERE HEARING SIMILAR
STORIES THESE DAYS I WANT TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE BIPARTISAN
INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL, $5 BILLION
FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION OF
SCHOOL BUSES, CORRECT?
>> OVER FIVE YEARS BUT SENATOR
MANCHIN OF WEST VIRGINIA
ESSENTIALLY KILLED BUILD BACK
BETTER.
WITH BILL BACK BETTER THERE WAS
SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLE CREDITS,
ET CETERA DID NOT EFFECTIVELY
KILL A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR
COPY? >> WERE FINDING THE STATE AND
>> WERE FINDING THE STATE AND
THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT THERE’S
NUMEROUS INCENTIVES AND MANDATES
COMING IN FOR EXAMPLE IN
CALIFORNIA THEY RECENTLY
ANNOUNCED TO SET ASIDE FUNDS FOR
1000 ALL ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES
OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS IN THE
CASE OF NEW YORK THE GOVERNOR IN
THE STATE ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO GO
FULLY ELECTRIC IN 2035.
THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH
BUSINESS TO REALLY GO OUT IN THE
MARKETPLACE AND THE BUILD BACK
BETTER BUDDY PRESENTED
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
I THINK AS AN INDUSTRY WE HAVE
MORE THAN ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH IN
TERMS OF THE NEAR-TERM AND
WHAT’S IN FRONT OF US.
LAUREN: HOW DOES THIS WORK HOW
DO YOU MAKE SURE THE CHARGING
AND INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND
CHARGING IS AVAILABLE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PARENTS WHO
MIGHT SAY I HAVE SOME ANXIETY I
BELIEVE THE SCHOOL BUS ONLY GETS
140 MILES PER HOUR CHARGE WHICH
IS ON THE LOW SIDE, IF THAT IS
CORRECT.
>> IS ON THE LOW SIDE IF YOU DRIVE A CAR AND YOU NEED TO
DRIVE A CAR AND YOU NEED TO
DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEED TWO HOURS
EACH WAY TO WORK THEN YOU WOULD
PROBABLY HAVE SOME RANGE ANXIETY
ON THESE KINDS OF VEHICLES.
OUR VEHICLE HAS A TYPE TWO
CHARGER WHICH IS SIMILAR TO
ANYBODY IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SPACE
AS WELL AS THE D.C. FAST CHARGE
WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ULTIMATE
FLEXIBILITY IN THE DEPLOYMENT. AS FAR AS APPEARANCE GO WHAT WE
AS FAR AS APPEARANCE GO WHAT WE
ARE SEEING ALL OF THE VEHICLES
THAT WE MANUFACTURE AND SELL
THIS IS THE ONE SECTOR THAT
PROVIDES A SOLUTION FOR A HEALTH
ISSUE AND SPECIFICALLY KIDS THAT ARE INDICATOR GOING INTO GRADE
ARE INDICATOR GOING INTO GRADE
SIX ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT
EXPOSURE AND POTENTIALLY LUNG CANCER AND RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES
CANCER AND RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES
FROM THE VARIOUS SUBMISSIONS.
PARENTS ARE DELIGHTED TO SEE IN
ALL ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS
REPLACING A DIESEL ADMISSION
SCHOOL BUS THAT HAS THESE ISSUES
ISSUES.
LAUREN: WHAT ARE THE PRODUCTS
THAT YOU’RE WORKING ON?
>> THE PRIMARY FOCUS WILL BE THE
BEAST SCHOOL BUS INITIALLY BUT
ULTIMATELY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
OTHER PRODUCTS WITHIN THE SCHOOL BUS SPACE.
BUS SPACE.
WE CERTAINLY HOPE TO HAVE A
SMALLER VERSION OF THE BEAST
AVAILABLE TO COMPETE WITH THAT
SECTOR OF THE MARKET OUT OF OUR
FACILITY IN WEST VIRGINIA WHICH
WE SEE THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOL BUS
MANUFACTURING.
LAUREN: BEST OF LUCK TO YOU WHEN
IS THE FIRST DELIVERY EXPECTED?
>> AS SOON AS WE CAN GET INTO
THE FACILITY WE EXPECT TO BE
PRODUCING VEHICLES THE SUMMER
AND HAVING THEM ROLL OFF THE
ASSEMBLY LINE INTO DEPLOYMENTS
EARLY THIS FALL IF WE CAN GET IN