Blue Bird, the iconic Georgia bus-maker, is receiving $80 million from the federal government as part of a $1.7 billion effort to convert shuttered auto factories into manufacturing and assembly ...

“The plant would go live in late 2026.” The company is getting $80 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, a grant that Blue Bird will match.

School bus manufacturer Blue Bird has inaugurated what it calls the Electric Vehicle Build-Up Center on the grounds of its US manufacturing plant in Fort Valley, Georgia. The 40,000-square-foot ...

Blue Bird also makes a “Type D” flat-fronted bus—it gives off vintage Volkswagen vibes. The electric buses can carry 77 to 84 students for up to 120 miles on a single charge, according to ...

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 ...

We could also issue equity.” Blue Bird, founded in 1932, made its first electric bus in 1994, but didn’t launch a commercial business in electrics for about two decades.

Founded in 1927, Blue Bird made its first zero-emission, electric school bus in 1994, although it didn’t make the EV buses a full-scale line of business until 2018.

Blue Bird is expecting $1 billion in revenue from the Biden administration to build electric buses. Union-busting charges risk that.

Blue Bird, a Middle Georgia-based school bus manufacturer, is moving its warehouse operations from Macon to Perry. The Macon warehouse’s 44 employees will not be laid off, but will be moved ...

Blue Bird's backlog now consists of 600 EVs, which does not come as a surprise as the EPA's Clean School Bus Program has distributed $1 billion to 389 school districts to support the transition to ...

Blue Bird is the leading pure-play school bus manufacturer in the U.S. The company generates 93.5% of its total sales from new school bus sales.