The contract gives the state‘s transit agencies the right to purchase from the company’s bus portfolio, including the Vicinity Lightning EV.
The order is scheduled to be delivered to ABC Companies in the third and fourth quarters of 2021 for resale into the U.S.
The order includes 17 CNG buses, which are expected to be delivered in Q4 2021.
Grande West is also expecting the first electric buses, the Vicinity Lightning™, to be completed and ready to promote to customers in early 2021.
The vehicles will be used for university shuttle services and delivery is scheduled in the third quarter of 2021.
The bus manufacturing facility will be located in the State of Washington, aiding in the launch of Grande West’s Buy America compliant buses.
The design will allow it to fit into any standard transit garage with no major infrastructural electrical upgrades.
The BMW high voltage batteries developed for the BMW i3 will be used for the Vicinity LT EV.
The contract with Waterloo’s Grand River Transit is for four Vicinity buses, totaling to about $2 million.
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