Grist

A labor win at Georgia school bus factory shows a worker-led EV transition is possible

For nearly a century, a substantial portion of America’s iconic yellow school buses have been manufactured at a factory in Fort Valley, a town of 9,000 people surrounded by peach and pecan orchards in ...
Yahoo

U.S. Labor Secretary visits Blue Bird facilities following historic union contract

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su made a stop in Fort Valley on Friday to celebrate Blue Bird bus factory workers’ approving ...
Electrek

Blue Bird opens electric school bus factory to build 5,000 buses per year

Blue Bird has opened a new “Electric Vehicle Build-Up Center” on the grounds of its main manufacturing plant in Fort Valley, Georgia. The 40,000-square-foot facility will help the company reach ...
Nasdaq

Nuvve Announces First-of-its-Kind V2G Hub at Blue Bird Factory to Optimize Utilization of Electric Buses and Provide Capacity to the Grid

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuvve Holding Corp. (Nuvve) (Nasdaq: NVVE), a global cleantech company electrifying the planet at the intersection of energy and transportation through its ...
Fast Company

The Georgia electric school bus factory shows the far-reaching consequences of Trump’s federal funding cuts

As the administration of President Donald Trump dismantles reforms enacted under Joe Biden, workers and management at a Fort Valley, Georgia, school bus plant are thriving because of the same policies ...
WMAZ

UPDATE: No arrest made in bomb threat at Blue Bird plant in Fort Valley

FORT VALLEY, Ga. — CORRECTION: According to Peach County Sheriff Terry Deese, law enforcement picked up a possible suspect in Americus, but she has not been charged. The case remains under ...
The Verge

Iconic yellow school bus maker opens new electric bus factory

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 ...
Business Wire

Blue Bird to Offer Electric Repower Option for Gasoline- and Propane-Powered School Buses

MACON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, will offer a first-of-its-kind factory certified electric repower program on ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Blue Bird gets $80 million to convert old plant to make electric buses

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 Telegraph

U.S. Labor Secretary visits Blue Bird facilities following historic union contract

United States Deputy Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su addresses event attendees while celebrating Blue Bird’s union contract on Friday, July 19, 2024, at the Blue Bird manufacturing plant in Fort ...
AOL

U.S. Labor Secretary visits Blue Bird facilities following historic union contract

Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su made a stop in Fort Valley on Friday to celebrate Blue Bird bus factory workers’ approving their first union-negotiated labor contract. Workers approved the ...