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.

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 ...

FORT VALLEY, Ga. — The Blue Bird Corporation is one of Peach County's major employers and an economic driver. After an unexpected layoff put more than 100 people out of work, some are asking ...

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

FILE -- An all-electric school bus sits on display in front of the Blue Bird Corp. factory in Fort Valley, Ga., on Feb. 8, 2023. The company and the United Steelworkers union said on Thursday, May ...

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 ...

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 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.