AVTA and GreenPower Partner to Bring Electric, Zero Emission Rides to AV Hospital Employees
Lancaster – On January 16, 2021, when Samaritan’s Purse opened a 54-bed emergency field hospital in the parking lot of the Antelope Valley Hospital to care for patients suffering from COVID-19 and to offer relief to an overwhelmed healthcare system, the structure displaced AV Hospital employees that would have normally parked in the lot now assigned to the field hospital.
Although the field hospital, the second of its kind in the United States, was a much welcomed support to the local healthcare system, the longer walk for hospital employees from farther located parking lots was not. The recent inclement weather in the Antelope Valley would have made the walk miserable for many doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff had it not been for Antelope Valley Transit Authority and GreenPower Motor Company.
“These vital health care professionals have given so much and worked so hard for our community. When we saw the need, we knew we had to do something to help them arrive to work a little more refreshed,” said AVTA Chairman of the Board Marvin Crist. “The City of Lancaster turned to AVTA who then contacted their supplier GreenPower Motor Company.”
Both AVTA and GreenPower Motor Company gladly joined in a partnership to help with this unique transportation need.
AVTA had been using eight GreenPower EV Star vehicles for its On Request Microtransit Ride Service pilot program that is currently operating in Lake Los Angeles, Littlerock, Pearblossom, and Sun Village. AVTA quickly contacted its vehicle partner at GreenPower Motor Company, who immediately agreed to help meet this critical need at AV Hospital, supplying one of their all-electric vehicles free of charge. On January 15, 2021, the same day of the request from AVTA, a GreenPower Motor Company EV Star was put into service at AV Hospital to transport employees parking in remote lots to and from the main hospital buildings.
“When we received the request, our leadership was thrilled to partner with AVTA and the City of Lancaster to serve the AV Community in this manner,” said Ryne Shetterly, vice president of sales and marketing at GreenPower Motor Company. “GreenPower and AVTA have been great partners over the past year, introducing AV residents to the GreenPower EV Star vehicles through the On Request Microtransit pilot program.”
According to GreenPower, zero emissions vehicles are cheaper to operate and passengers can get higher quality service. The GreenPower EV Star is the only “purpose built” zero emissions vehicle in its class, meaning it was designed from the ground up to be battery electric and zero emissions. This all electric vehicle has the largest battery pack in its class with 118kWh and a range of up to 150 miles.
AVTA provides local, commuter and dial-a-ride service to a population of more than 450,000 residents in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale as well as the unincorporated portions of northern Los Angeles County. Its total service area covers 1,200 square miles and it is bounded by the Kern County line to the north, the San Bernardino County line to the east, the Angeles National Forest to the south, and Interstate 5 to the West.
Lancaster – On January 16, 2021, when Samaritan’s Purse opened a 54-bed emergency field hospital in the parking lot of the Antelope Valley Hospital to care for patients suffering from COVID-19 and to offer relief to an overwhelmed healthcare system, the structure displaced AV Hospital employees that would have normally parked in the lot now assigned to the field hospital.
Although the field hospital, the second of its kind in the United States, was a much welcomed support to the local healthcare system, the longer walk for hospital employees from farther located parking lots was not. The recent inclement weather in the Antelope Valley would have made the walk miserable for many doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff had it not been for Antelope Valley Transit Authority and GreenPower Motor Company.
“These vital health care professionals have given so much and worked so hard for our community. When we saw the need, we knew we had to do something to help them arrive to work a little more refreshed,” said AVTA Chairman of the Board Marvin Crist. “The City of Lancaster turned to AVTA who then contacted their supplier GreenPower Motor Company.”
Both AVTA and GreenPower Motor Company gladly joined in a partnership to help with this unique transportation need.
AVTA had been using eight GreenPower EV Star vehicles for its On Request Microtransit Ride Service pilot program that is currently operating in Lake Los Angeles, Littlerock, Pearblossom, and Sun Village. AVTA quickly contacted its vehicle partner at GreenPower Motor Company, who immediately agreed to help meet this critical need at AV Hospital, supplying one of their all-electric vehicles free of charge. On January 15, 2021, the same day of the request from AVTA, a GreenPower Motor Company EV Star was put into service at AV Hospital to transport employees parking in remote lots to and from the main hospital buildings.
“When we received the request, our leadership was thrilled to partner with AVTA and the City of Lancaster to serve the AV Community in this manner,” said Ryne Shetterly, vice president of sales and marketing at GreenPower Motor Company. “GreenPower and AVTA have been great partners over the past year, introducing AV residents to the GreenPower EV Star vehicles through the On Request Microtransit pilot program.”
According to GreenPower, zero emissions vehicles are cheaper to operate and passengers can get higher quality service. The GreenPower EV Star is the only “purpose built” zero emissions vehicle in its class, meaning it was designed from the ground up to be battery electric and zero emissions. This all electric vehicle has the largest battery pack in its class with 118kWh and a range of up to 150 miles.
AVTA provides local, commuter and dial-a-ride service to a population of more than 450,000 residents in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale as well as the unincorporated portions of northern Los Angeles County. Its total service area covers 1,200 square miles and it is bounded by the Kern County line to the north, the San Bernardino County line to the east, the Angeles National Forest to the south, and Interstate 5 to the West.
