RE:With Spartan's capabilities across the U.S.rainorshine59 wrote:
we'll see Vicinity coaches multiplying like rabbits across the continent very soon.
I'm in complete agreement with your statement.
The competitors’ attempts at competing with Vicinity have not worked.
New Flyer’s attempt with MiDi (now Enviro 200) was a disaster when compared with Vicinity according to the Altoona testing results required for qualifying for Buy America.
Grande West having won 90%+ of all orders in Canada from 2015 onward is proof that New Flyer’s MiDi can’t hold a candle to the Vicinity.
Spartan is tooling up to manufacture the Vicinity in their American plants because Vicinity is the killer product that comes along once in a lifetime. BUS is going to keep increasing their numbers now that they can manufacture 100% of the bus in the US.
Spartan would not tool up for a short term contract. Spartan sees a huge new opportunity to expand their business and must have been able to come up with such competitive pricing that they are confident they can beat the Chinese manufacturer for post trade war orders as well.
I said before I wonder how many states are waiting to give their bus contracts to Grande West since they were best in class in Altoona testing and were significantly cheaper than the competition. China uncertainty was the only thing standing in the way and Spartan completely solved that problem.