Blue Bird is headquartered in Georgia and has built school buses there for 91 years. The new facility will assemble electric versions of Blue Bird’s “Vision” and “All American” model ...

Founded in 1927, Blue Bird’s new facility is anticipated to produce 5,000 all-electric yellow school buses each year. Founded in 1927, Blue Bird’s new facility is anticipated to produce 5,000 ...

This gives the new version a range of up to 130 miles ... about 180,000 buses in operation today, in total. Blue Bird Electric school buses are designed to rely on their own charging ...

Those buses cover nearly six billion miles per year. Starting in the fall of 2024, Blue Bird will begin equipping new school buses with a series of industry-first safety features, enhancing the ...

Why It Matters: Blue Bird now has electric school buses serving across school districts in 41 U.S. states and 4 Canadian provinces which have covered more than five million miles already.

Rather than build new factories, officials are hoping ... motor homes to a facility making zero-emission electric school buses. Blue Bird will use some of the money for “education and training ...

This has been a difficult year for many electric vehicle companies. Despite overall growth in EV sales from 2023, EV makers Tesla and Rivian announced layoffs this year as their stock prices slid.

"This is an entirely different Blue Bird bus revenue and gross margin ... night at the same bus yard. Once school districts pay the subsidized price of a new EV bus, the high cost of fueling ...

"We are thrilled to partner with iconic school bus manufacturer Blue Bird as their new seating and advanced safety supplier," said Larry Gray, CEO of IMMI. "School buses carry millions of school ...

West Aurora School District 129 has decided ... they are still approximately only one-half the cost of a new gas bus. “Mechanically, both Blue Bird and Lion buses run on electric batteries.