#130 – Brendan Riley | GreenPower – Electric Buses, Shuttles & Vans – Decarbonizing the Low-Hanging Fruit

Brendan Riley is president and director of GreenPower Motor, which designs, builds and distributes a full suite of high-floor and low-floor all-electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles, including transit buses, school buses, shuttles, cargo van, and a cab and chassis.

Key topics in this conversation include:

• The importance of quickly electrifying the applications that provide the greatest bang for the buck
• The technical advantage for electrifying buses and specific types of trucks
• Common challenges for introducing electric buses into a fleet, and how these can be overcome
• Why GreenPower has intentionally flown under the radar thus far
• The role of humility in this field

Links:

• Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/brendanriley
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-r-a834a58b/
• GreenPower's Educational Display on Capitol Hill (July 7, 2022)
• GreenPower x West Virginia Press Conference (January 12, 2022)
• Electric School Bus - BEAST - HERE

Brendan’s Bio

Brendan Riley is president and director of GreenPower Motor. Mr. Riley comes to GreenPower with over 23 years of experience in the area of Business Development, Sales Strategy and Operations.

Previously, Mr. Riley was North American Vice-President of Fleet Sales for BYD Motors, where he ran multiple electric vehicle business units including the material handling, truck and the bus groups. It was here that he secured the largest privately funded electric bus contract in North America two years in a row (for 25 and 36 respectively). He was also instrumental in negotiating the purchase and setup of two manufacturing facilities for BYD (an electric bus assembly plant and an EV battery assembly plant in California).

Mr. Riley served two terms as the President of the Southern California Chapter of the AVS for Science and Technology, and is currently serving as an advisor on the EPRI Bus and Truck Charging Interface Group.

About GreenPower Motor

GreenPower designs, builds and distributes a full suite of high-floor and low-floor all-electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles, including transit buses, school buses, shuttles, cargo van, and a cab and chassis. GreenPower employs a clean-sheet design to manufacture all-electric vehicles that are purpose built to be battery powered with zero emissions while integrating global suppliers for key components. This OEM platform allows GreenPower to meet the specifications of various operators while providing standard parts for ease of maintenance and accessibility for warranty requirements. GreenPower was founded in Vancouver, Canada with primary operational facilities in southern California.

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