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 ...

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.

“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.

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 celebrated the grand opening of its Electric Vehicle (EV) Build-up Center in Fort Valley, Ga. The company transformed a nearly 40,000 sq.ft. facility to meet increasing demand for ...

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 ...

Blue Bird employee Carolyn Allen wears a Bluebird Workers United t-shirt while celebrating Blue Bird’s union contract on Friday, July 19, 2024, at the Blue Bird manufacturing plant in Fort ...

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.

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.

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 ...