GreenPower Motor Company Inc

Employee size

51-200

Organization type

Public Company

Headquarters

South Charleston, WV

Founded

2010

Founded in 2010 by Fraser Atkinson, GreenPower Motor Company is a Vancouver-based electric-vehicle manufacturer built around the idea that battery-powered transportation should be affordable, durable and practical to deploy. The company’s purpose-built vehicles serve operators moving people or goods, with U.S. assembly taking place in Porterville, California. GreenPower launched its first battery-electric transit bus in 2014 and received its first order from the City of Porterville in 2017.

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