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Greenpower Motor Co. Inc. – ‘424B4’ on 8/28/20

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 8/31/20  Greenpower Motor Co. Inc.         424B4       8/28/20    1:1.8M                                   Newsfile Corp./FA

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                or Events -- form424b4                                           

Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)4

Registration Nos. 333-248119 and 333-248448

1,860,000 Shares

GREENPOWER MOTOR COMPANY INC.

Common Shares

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This is the initial public offering of common shares of GreenPower Motor Company Inc. in the United States. The initial public offering of our common shares is $20.00 per share. We have received approval to list our common shares on The Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq") under the symbol "GP".

Although this is our initial public offering of our common shares in the United States, our common shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada under the symbol "GPV" and quoted on the OTC Markets Group's OTCQB under the symbol "GPVRF."  Upon commencement of trading on Nasdaq the common shares will no longer be quoted for trading on the OTCQB. The share and per share information in this prospectus, other than in our Financial Statements and the Notes thereto, or where referred to as "Pre-Split", reflects a consolidation, or a reverse stock split, of our issued and outstanding common shares on the basis of one new common share for seven old common shares which will be affected on August 28, 2020. The last reported sale price of our common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange on August 27, 2020 was CDN$4.14 or $3.15 (based on the rate of exchange on that day). The last reported sale price of our common shares on the OTCQB on August 27, 2020 was $3.15.

Concurrently with the closing of this offering, in a separate private placement pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, we will sell common shares for proceeds of $500,000 to our executive chairman and chief executive officer, Fraser Atkinson, at $20.00 per share, and without payment by us of any underwriting discount or commission.

Investing in our common shares involves risks. See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 11 to read about factors you should consider before buying our common shares.

We are an "emerging growth company" as defined under the federal securities laws and, as such, may elect to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

⁽¹⁾ See "Underwriting" beginning on page 109 for a description of the compensation payable to the underwriters.

The underwriters may also purchase up to an additional 279,000 common shares from us at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, within 30 days from the date of this prospectus.

The underwriters expect to deliver the common shares on or about September 1, 2020.

The date of this prospectus is August 28, 2020.

Table of Contents

About This Prospectus

You should rely only on the information that we have provided in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement. You must not rely on any unauthorized information or representation. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. You should assume that the information in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement is accurate only as of the date on the front of the document, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement, or any sale of a security.

As used in this prospectus, the terms "we", "us" "our" and "GreenPower" refer to GreenPower Motor Company Inc., a British Columbia corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, GP GreenPower Industries Inc., GreenPower Motor Company, Inc., 0939181 B.C. Ltd., San Joaquin Valley Equipment Leasing Inc., 0999314 B.C. Ltd. and Electric Vehicle Logistics Inc., unless otherwise specified.

Presentation of Financial and Other Information

Our financial statements and other financial information are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or "IFRS", in United States dollars. None of our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, and our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to financial statements of United States companies.

We intend to implement a consolidation, or a reverse stock split, of our issued and outstanding common shares on the basis of one new common share for seven old common shares prior to the closing of the offering. The share and per share information in this prospectus, other than in our Financial Statements and the Notes thereto, or where referred to as "Pre-Split", reflects such consolidation or reverse stock split.

In this prospectus, the terms "dollar", "US$" or "$" refer to United States dollars and the term CDN$ refers to Canadian dollars.

Exchange Rates

The following tables set forth, the annual average exchange rates for the years ended March 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, and the monthly average exchange rates for each month during the previous twelve months, as supplied by the Bank of Canada. These exchange rates are expressed as one United States dollar converted into Canadian dollars.

Prospectus Summary

Our Business

We are a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of a broad-based line of battery-electric high-floor and low-floor vehicles, including transit buses, school buses, shuttle buses, a double decker bus and cargo van. We employ a clean-sheet design to manufacture all-electric buses that are purpose built to be battery powered with zero emissions. We integrate global suppliers for key components, such as Siemens or TM4 for the drive motors, Knorr for the brakes, ZF for the axles and Parker or I/O Controls for the dash and control systems. This original equipment manufacturer platform allows us to meet the specifications of various operators while providing standard parts for ease of maintenance and accessibility for warranty requirements.

We are an original equipment manufacturer of Class 4-8 commercial, heavy-duty bus chassis for products ranging from a 25-foot Min-eBus to a 45-foot double decker bus. We utilize various contract manufacturers in Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China for all of the major components with final assembly in Porterville, California.

We believe our battery-electric commercial vehicles offer fleet operators significant benefits, which include:

• low total cost-of-ownership vs. conventional gas or diesel-powered vehicles;

• lower maintenance costs;

• reduced fuel expenses;

• satisfaction of government mandates to move to zero-emission vehicles;

• decreased vehicle emissions and reduction in carbon footprint.

We currently sell and lease our vehicles to customers directly and through our primary distributor Creative Bus Sales.

We have not yet established an ongoing source of revenues sufficient to cover our operating costs and to allow us to continue as a going concern. As of March 31, 2020 we had an accumulated deficit of $(23,852,634). Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our company obtaining adequate capital to fund operating losses until we become profitable. If we are unable to obtain adequate capital, we could be forced to significantly curtail or cease operations. In its report on our financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2020, our auditors included an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

The principal executive offices of our company are located at #240 - 209 Carrall Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 2J2, Canada. Our telephone number is (604) 563-4144.

Products

EV Star

The GreenPower EV Star minibus is our flagship model that is a purpose built, zero-emission, multi-utility vehicle capable of a range of up to 150 miles for which we are leveraging strong demand.  The 25-ft EV Star is designed from the ground up to be battery electric and is offered in 4 configurations.  This includes the base model which seats up to 19 passengers and the EV Star Plus, which features a wider body and seats up to 24. Both models can be used for employee shuttles, micro transit, and vanpool services. The EV Star is the only class 4 electric vehicle that meets Buy America Compliance and is Altoona Tested. The seating layout is customizable to an operator's needs with multiple configurations. The EV Star ADA offers rear or curb-side lifts and multiple passenger and wheelchair seating configurations for paratransit operations. Additionally, the EV Star CarGo and the EV Star CarGo Plus are both commercially available, zero-emissions delivery solutions.  The EV Star CarGo is a van with a capacity of 570 cubic feet and a payload of up to 6,000 pounds. The CarGo plus has a payload of up to 5,000 pounds and 833 cubic feet of storage with an optional lift gate. Finally, for OEMS who wish to use their own body, the EV Star cab and chassis is a purpose-built all electric platform that can be configured with a range of options to serve markets, such as last mile delivery, refuse trucks, and many more.

All EV Star platforms are equipped with both J1772-2 and CCS DC Fast charging.  They can fully charge in as little as 2 hours or overnight. The EV Star platform can also be configured with an autonomous option and wireless charging.

EV Transit Bus Line

Launched in 2014, our EV battery-electric transit bus line features multiple models that include the 30-ft EV250, the 40-ft EV350, and the double decker EV550. Our electric buses do not have heavy battery storage or battery charging systems on the roof of the bus which enhances the user experience due to the bus's low center of gravity for steering and maneuvering around corners. This design also offers ease-of-access for maintenance due to the low positioned stainless-steel battery trays that can be accessed without removing panels or the use of elaborate hoist systems to maintain the battery boxes.

EV250

The EV250 is our battery-electric 30-ft low floor transit bus with a passenger capacity of 28 seats plus standees.  It features a monocoque body with a stainless-steel chassis, a GreenPower battery management system, and component integration with quality global suppliers. The EV250 features a Siemens ELFA traction motor, a 240-kWh battery capacity, and a range of up to 160 miles on a single charge. It is designed to charge using SAE standard chargers that are readily available on the open market and capable of CCS ultra-fast charging.

EV350

The EV350 is our battery-electric 40-ft low floor transit bus with a passenger capacity of 40 seats plus standees.  It features a monocoque body with a stainless-steel chassis, a GreenPower battery management system, and component integration with quality global suppliers. The EV350 features a Siemens ELFA traction motor, a 430-kWh battery capacity, and a range of up to 220 miles on a single charge. It is designed to charge using SAE standard chargers that are readily available on the open market and capable of CCS ultra-fast charging.

EV550

The EV550 is our battery-electric 45-ft double-decker bus with a passenger capacity of 100 seats plus standees.  It features a monocoque body with a stainless-steel chassis, a GreenPower battery management system, and component integration with quality global suppliers. The EV550 features a Siemens ELFA traction motor, a 500-kWh battery capacity, and a range of up to 300 miles on a single charge. It is designed to charge using SAE standard chargers that are readily available on the open market and capable of CCS ultra-fast charging.

Synapse Type-D School Bus

GreenPower's Synapse Type-D School Bus, marketed under the trade name Battery Electric Automotive School Transportation, or the BEAST, features a clean sheet build that was designed from the ground-up around its electric drive and battery systems.  The body and truss chassis are integrated together to form the composite monocoque structure which provides the benefits of increased strength and a significant weight advantage in comparison to other school buses. Additionally, the design is not limited to the inner frame rails like conventional "body on chassis" school buses which allows for the maximization of interior space.

The GreenPower BEAST is offered in a 40-ft 90 passenger design that features a flat tracked floor that gives the end-user complete seating customization that can be modified with ease. The tracked flooring also allows the end-user to customize how many wheelchair positions are located on the bus and their location.

Standard features include vehicle control stability, air ride suspension, pass-through storage and ABS brakes. With the 194-kWh advanced battery system, the Synapse has a reliable range of greater than 100 miles on a single charge.  This is paired with a state of the art TM4 electric drivetrain that has accumulated over one million miles in heavy-duty application.  The standard J1772 Level 2 charging of the Synapse will fully charge the electric school bus in under 7 hours.

Synapse Shuttle

The Synapse Shuttle is our battery-electric, high floor shuttle bus that features a purpose-built design with a monocoque structure providing safety and durability. The Synapse shuttle has a length of 36-ft and offers seating for over 40 passengers. The shuttle's clean sheet design and flat floor allows easy customization of the interior space that can be set up with various seating, luggage racks, or activity setups, and the pass-through under-carriage offers capacity for storage. The Synapse Shuttle features a range of up to 150 miles on a single charge and can be configured with multiple charging options including Level 2 on-board charging or Level 3 DC fast charging.

Technology

Batteries

The battery pack is a key component with the design, development, and manufacture of advanced electric-vehicle powertrains. Where some other electric vehicle ("EV") manufacturers build their own battery packs we purchase the batteries in a plug-and-play pack for our designs. This provides us with the flexibility to use different cell manufacturers with different battery chemistries. We believe that the underlying battery cells are a commodity and consequently have designed our products to take full advantage of the best batteries that are available at the time we manufacture our products. The performance of EV battery technology has improved over the past ten years while at the same time the cost of this key component has declined. We anticipate that due to technological advancements and economies of scale, the cost of EV batteries will continue to decline over the next several years.

Powertrains

Our powertrains encompass the complete motor assemblies, computers, and software required for vehicle electrification. We use off-the-shelf proven components such as Siemens for the drive motors for our low floor transit buses and TM4 for our EV Stars or Synapse buses.

Telematics

The telematics system and associated hardware installed in almost all of our vehicles is designed to monitor the controller area network traffic for specific signals. These signals are uploaded along with GPS data to a server facility. The real-time data is stored in a database as it arrives and delivers updates to clients connected through the web interface. The information transmitted to the cloud and stored onboard the vehicle include: vehicle location, vehicle speed, vehicle energy usage, the amount of charge remaining in the battery, vehicle range, general status of the health of vehicle systems, using onboard diagnostics and driver habits monitoring.

Marketing

Our sales team is focused on the goal of securing purchase orders from commercial transportation companies, transit operators, government agencies and school districts.

Our priority is to generate customers across all of the sectors we are targeting including transit, shuttle, schools, government and commercial. As we can produce the EV Star in the shortest time compared to any of our other products and given the ease with which we can deploy an EV Star we are focused on growing this business in the short term.  Many of the customers that we have deployed or are targeting with the EV Star also have other buses in their fleet that we can replace with our all-electric buses such as with our low floor transit products or our Synapse Shuttle. Ultimately, we intend to be the best choice for a vehicle in this segment regardless of the fuel type that the customer chooses. Our sales plan is to meet with the top potential customers and obtain purchase orders for new electric vehicles for their production vehicle requirements.

Finally, since our competitive advantage in the marketplace is our ability to provide purpose-built solutions to customers that have unique requirements at relatively low-volume, we are also submitting proposals to companies for purpose-built vehicle applications.

Strategic Relationships

On May 25, 2018, we entered into an agreement with Creative Bus Sales to serve as the primary distributor, except with respect to certain exclusive accounts, in certain states in the United States. Creative Bus Sales will also serve as the sole and exclusive provider of certain repair services and the sole and exclusive distributor of certain vehicle parts in the United States.

We have agreed to work with Momentum Dynamics Corporation ("Momentum") to integrate wireless charging into the EV Star. Any sales of EV Stars that incorporate Momentum's wireless technology will be done collaboratively with GreenPower and Momentum. We are also working with Perrone Robotics, Inc. ("Perrone") to build a fully autonomous EV Star for the transit market. Any sales of EV Stars that incorporate Perrone's wireless technology will be done collaboratively with GreenPower and Perrone. In July of 2020, we announced that Perrone is currently integrating autonomous components on an EV Star and once complete that they intend to deliver the vehicle to the Jacksonville Transit Authority to undergo testing for transit applications.

Reverse Stock Split

We intend to implement a consolidation, or a reverse stock split, of our issued and outstanding common shares on the basis of one new common share for seven old common shares prior to the closing of the offering.

Risks Associated with Our Business

Our business is subject to a number of risks which you should be aware before making an investment decision. You should carefully consider all of the information set forth in this prospectus and, in particular, should evaluate the specific factors set forth under "Risk Factors" in deciding whether to invest in our shares. These risks include but are not limited to the following:

• You will experience immediate and substantial dilution as a result of this offering and may experience additional dilution in the future.

• Management will have broad discretion as to the use of the proceeds from this offering, and we may not use the proceeds effectively.

• We may need to raise additional funds to support our business operations or to finance future acquisitions, including through the issuance of equity or debt securities, which could have a material adverse effect on our ability to grow our business.

• We will incur increased costs as a result of operating as a U.S. public reporting company and maintaining a dual listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market and the TSX Venture Exchange, and our management is required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives.

• Our inability to comply with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements could result in our common shares being delisted, which could affect the market price and liquidity of our common shares and reduce our ability to raise capital.

• The COVID-19 global pandemic has had, and is expected to continue to have, a negative impact on our financial results, operations, outlook, goals, growth prospects, cash flows, liquidity and share price, and the potential timing and ultimate duration of these negative impacts is uncertain.

• We have not reached profitability and currently have negative operating cash flows and we have a negative net tangible book value

• We operate in a capital-intensive industry and will require a significant amount of capital to continue operations

• Developments in alternative technologies or improvements in the internal combustion engine may materially adversely affect the demand for our electric vehicles

• We depend on certain key personnel, and our success will depend on our continued ability to retain and attract such qualified personnel

• We may be involved in litigation or legal proceedings that are deemed to be material and may require recognition as a provision or a contingent liability on our financial statements.

• Our vehicles are subject to motor vehicle standards and the failure to satisfy such mandated safety standards would have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

• If our vehicles fail to perform as expected, our ability to continue to develop, market and sell our electric vehicles could be harmed

• The reduction or elimination of government and economic incentives, funding approval or the delay in the timing of advancing funding that has been approved, in particular in the state of California, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects.

• We may become subject to product liability or warranty claims, which could harm our financial condition and liquidity if we are not able to successfully defend or insure against such claims.

• The trade agreement with China includes tariffs on goods imported to the U.S. from China, and these tariffs negatively impact our financial performance, financial position, and financial results.

• Servicing our indebtedness requires a significant amount of cash, and there is no guarantee that we will have sufficient cash flow from our business to pay our substantial indebtedness.

• It may be difficult for non-Canadian investors to obtain and enforce judgments against us because of our Canadian incorporation and presence.

• We are an "emerging growth company," and we cannot be certain if the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our common shares less attractive to investors.

• As a foreign private issuer, we are not subject to certain United States securities law disclosure requirements that apply to a domestic United States issuer, which may limit the information that would be publicly available to our shareholders.

• The market price of our common shares may be volatile and may fluctuate in a way that is disproportionate to our operating performance.

• Volatility in our common share price may subject us to securities litigation.

• Our common shares are thinly traded, and you may be unable to sell your shares at a reasonable price, or sell your shares at all.

• A prolonged and substantial decline in the price of our common shares could affect our ability to raise further working capital, thereby adversely impacting our ability to continue operations.

• The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority sales practice requirements may also limit a shareholder's ability to buy and sell our common shares.

• We may be classified as a "passive foreign investment company," which may have adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences for U.S. shareholders.

Implication of Being an Emerging Growth Company

As a company with less than US$1.07 billion in revenue for our last fiscal year, we qualify as an "emerging growth company" pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended, or the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other requirements compared to those that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include exemption from the auditor attestation requirement under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the assessment of the emerging growth company's internal control over financial reporting.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (a) the last day of the fiscal year during which we have total annual gross revenues of at least US$1.07 billion; (b) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the completion of this offering; (c) the date on which we have, during the preceding three-year period, issued more than US$1.0 billion in non-convertible debt; or (d) the date on which we are deemed to be a "large accelerated filer" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds US$700 million. Once we cease to be an emerging growth company, we will not be entitled to the exemptions provided in the JOBS Act discussed above.

Foreign Private Issuer Status

We are a foreign private issuer within the meaning of the rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). As such, we are exempt from certain provisions applicable to United States domestic public companies. For example:

• we are not required to provide as many Exchange Act reports, or as frequently, as a domestic public company;

• for interim reporting, we are permitted to comply solely with our home country requirements, which may be less rigorous than the rules that apply to domestic public companies in certain aspects;

• we are not required to provide the same level of disclosure on certain issues, such as executive compensation;

• we are exempt from provisions of Regulation FD aimed at preventing issuers from making selective disclosures of material information;

• we are not required to comply with the sections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies, consents, or authorizations in respect of a security registered under the Exchange Act; and

• we are not required to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public reports of their share ownership and trading activities and establishing insider liability for profits realized from any "short-swing" trading transaction.

Corporate Information

We are a corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in British Columbia, Canada under the name "GreenPower Motor Company Inc." with an authorized share structure of unlimited number of common shares and preferred shares without par value. Our principal place of business is located at Suite 209 - 240 Carrall Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 2B2, Canada and our telephone number is (604) 563-4144.

Our registered records office is located at Suite 900 - 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 3H1, Canada and its telephone number is (604) 687-5700.

Our registered agent in the United States is GKL Corporate/Search, Inc., located at One Capitol Mall, Suite 660, Sacramento, California 95814 and its telephone number is (800) 446-5455.

The Offering

(1) The number of common shares shown above to be outstanding after this offering is based on 16,398,726 common shares of our company outstanding as of the date of this prospectus and excludes the following as of that date, all of which assumes a one for seven reverse stock split of outstanding common shares:

• 1,055,643 common shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options;

• 2,897,535 common shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants; and

• 1,491,429 common shares issuable upon conversion of convertible debentures.

Summary Financial Data

The following information represents selected financial information for our company for the years ended March 31, 2020, March 31, 2019, and March 31, 2018 from our audited financial statements. The summarized financial information presented below is derived from and should be read in conjunction with our financial statements, including the notes to those financial statements which are included elsewhere in this prospectus along with the section entitled "Operating and Financial Review and Prospects" beginning on page 42 of this prospectus.

1 - "Expenses", as defined above, reflects the total sales, general and administrative costs plus interest and accretion, plus the foreign exchange gain.
2 - Loss per common share, basic and diluted presented on a Pre-Split basis.

Risk Factors

An investment in our common shares involves a number of very significant risks. You should carefully consider the following risks and uncertainties in addition to other information in this prospectus in evaluating our company and our business before making an investment decision about our company. Our business, operating results and financial condition could be seriously harmed as a result of the occurrence of any of the following risks. You could lose all or part of your investment due to any of these risks.

Risks Related to This Offering

You will experience immediate and substantial dilution as a result of this offering and may experience additional dilution in the future.

You will incur immediate and substantial dilution as a result of this offering. After giving effect to the assumed sale by us of 1,860,000 common shares at a public offering price of $20.00 per common share, excluding the exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional common shares, and after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, investors in this offering can expect an immediate dilution of $18.09 per common share. In addition, you may experience further dilution if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional common shares. To the extent any warrants or options that we have issued, are exercised, or convertible debentures that we have issued, is converted, you will sustain future dilution. We may also acquire other assets or businesses by issuing equity, which may result in additional dilution to our stockholders.

Management will have broad discretion as to the use of the proceeds from this offering, and we may not use the proceeds effectively.

Our management will have broad discretion as to the use of the net proceeds from any offering by us and could use them for purposes other than those contemplated at the time of this offering. Accordingly, you will be relying on the judgment of our management with regard to the use of these net proceeds, and you will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. It is possible that the proceeds will be invested in a way that does not yield a favorable, or any, return for our company.

We may need to raise additional funds to support our business operations or to finance future acquisitions, including through the issuance of equity or debt securities, which could have a material adverse effect on our ability to grow our business.

If we do not generate sufficient cash from operations or do not otherwise have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to support our business operations or to finance future acquisitions, we may need to raise additional capital through the issuance of debt or equity securities. We may not be able to raise cash in future financing on terms acceptable to us, or at all.

Financings, if available, may be on terms that are dilutive to our shareholders, and the prices at which new investors would be willing to purchase our securities may be lower than the current price of our common shares. The holders of new securities may also receive rights, preferences or privileges that are senior to those of existing holders of our common shares. If new sources of financing are required but are insufficient or unavailable, we would be required to modify our plans to the extent of available funding, which could harm our ability to grow our business. 

We will incur increased costs as a result of operating as a U.S. public reporting company and maintaining a dual listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market and the TSX Venture Exchange, and our management is required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives.

As a U.S. public reporting company, we anticipate that we will incur, particularly after we are no longer an "emerging growth company," significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a company listed solely on the TSX Venture Exchange. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and rules subsequently implemented by the SEC and Nasdaq have imposed various requirements on U.S. public companies, including establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls and corporate governance practices. We may have to hire additional accounting, finance, and other personnel to assist us with becoming a U.S. public reporting company, and our efforts to comply with U.S. public company reporting requirements, and our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time towards maintaining compliance with these requirements. These requirements increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly.

We have no operating experience as a publicly traded company in the U.S.

We have no operating experience as a publicly traded company in the U.S. Although the individuals who now constitute our management team have experience managing a publicly-traded company, there is no assurance that the past experience of our management team will be sufficient to operate our company as a publicly traded company in the United States, including timely compliance with the disclosure requirements of the SEC. Following the completion of this offering, we will be required to develop and implement internal control systems and procedures in order to satisfy the periodic and current reporting requirements under applicable SEC regulations and comply with the Nasdaq listing standards. These requirements will place significant strain on our management team, infrastructure and other resources. In addition, our management team may not be able to successfully or efficiently manage our company as a U.S. public reporting company that is subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations.

Our inability to comply with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements could result in our common shares being delisted, which could affect the market price and liquidity of our common shares and reduce our ability to raise capital.

We have applied for listing of our common shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "GP." No assurance can be given that our application will be approved. However, ig such listing is approved, upon completion of this offering, we will be required to meet certain qualitative and financial tests to maintain the listing of our common shares on The Nasdaq Capital Market. If we do not maintain compliance with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements within specified periods and subject to permitted extensions, our common shares may be recommended for delisting (subject to any appeal we would file). No assurance can be provided that we will comply with these continued listing requirements. If our common shares were delisted, it could be more difficult to buy or sell our common shares and to obtain accurate quotations, and the price of our common shares could suffer a material decline. Delisting would also impair our ability to raise capital.

Risks Related to Our Business

The COVID-19 global pandemic has had and is expected to continue to have a negative impact on our financial results, operations, outlook, goals, growth prospects, cash flows, liquidity and share price, and the potential timing and ultimate duration of these negative impacts is uncertain.

The COVID-19 global pandemic has had, and will continue to have, a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition and may negatively impact our ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms, if at all, to fund shortfalls in our cash flow from operations. The future impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic is inherently uncertain, and is expected to negatively impact the financial ability of our customers to purchase vehicles from us, of our suppliers ability to deliver products used in the manufacture of our all-electric vehicles in a timely manner, if at all, in our employees' ability to manufacture our vehicles and to carry out their other duties in order to sustain our business, and in our ability to collect certain receivables owing to us, among other factors. While we have taken steps to modify our business and staffing levels in order to manage impacts caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic and resulting government and regulatory health orders, these factors are expected to continue to have a negative impact on our financial results, operations, outlook, goals, growth prospects, cash flows, liquidity and share price, and the potential timing and ultimate duration of these negative impacts is uncertain.

Government disaster relief assistance offered in response to COVID-19 could impose limitations on our corporate activities and may not be on terms favorable to us.

Government disaster relief assistance may impose certain requirements and restrictions on our corporate activities, including restrictions on executive officer compensation, share buybacks, dividends, prepayment of debt and other similar restrictions until the aid is repaid or redeemed in full. We cannot provide assurance that any such government disaster relief assistance will not significantly limit our corporate activities or be on terms that are favorable to us. Such restrictions and terms could adversely impact our business and operations.

We have not reached profitability and currently have negative operating cash flows and a negative net tangible book value

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, we generated a loss of $(5,145,966), bringing our accumulated deficit to $(23,852,634).

We have minimal revenues, have a significant amount of debt, and expect significant increases in costs and expenses as we invest in expanding our production and operations. Even if we are successful in increasing revenues from sales of our products, we may be unable to achieve positive cash flow or profitability for a number of reasons, including but not limited to, an inability to control production costs, increases in our selling general and administrative expenses, and a reduction in our product sales price due to competitive or other factors. An inability to generate positive cash flow and profitability until we reach a sufficient level of sales with positive gross margins that cover operating expenses, or an inability to raise additional capital on reasonable terms, will adversely affect our viability as an operating business.

We operate in a capital-intensive industry and will require a significant amount of capital to continue operations

If the revenue from the sale of our electric buses, if any, is not sufficient to cover our cash requirements, we will need to raise additional funds through the sale of equity or other securities, or the issuance of additional debt. Financing may not be available at terms that are acceptable to us, if at all. The disruption to our business caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic may make it difficult to raise financing on terms acceptable to our company, if at all.

Our ability to obtain the necessary financing for our business is subject to a number of factors, including general market conditions and investor acceptance of our business plan. These factors may make the timing, amount, terms and conditions of such financing unattractive or unavailable to us. If we are unable to raise sufficient funds we will have to significantly reduce our spending, delay or cancel our planned activities, or substantially change our current operations and plans in order to reduce our cost structure. Our competitors, many of which have raised or who have access to significant capital, may be able to compete more effectively in our markets given their access to capital, if our access to capital does not improve or is further limited. We might not be able to obtain any funding, and we might not have sufficient resources to conduct our business as projected, both of which could mean that we would be forced to curtail or discontinue our operations.

Developments in alternative technologies or improvements in the internal combustion engine may materially adversely affect the demand for our electric vehicles

Significant developments in alternative technologies, such as advanced diesel, ethanol, fuel cells or compressed natural gas, or improvements in the fuel economy of the internal combustion engine, may materially and adversely affect our business and prospects in ways we do not currently anticipate. For example, fuel which is abundant and relatively inexpensive in North America, such as compressed natural gas, may emerge as consumers' preferred alternative to petroleum-based propulsion. Any failure by us to develop new or enhanced technologies or processes, or to react to changes in existing technologies, could materially delay our development and introduction of new and enhanced electric vehicles, which could result in the loss of competitiveness of our vehicles, decreased revenue and a loss of market share to competitors.

If we are unable to keep up with advances in electric vehicle technology, we may suffer a decline in our competitive position

We may be unable to keep up with changes in electric vehicle technology and, as a result, may suffer a decline in our competitive position. Any failure to keep up with advances in electric vehicle technology would result in a decline in our competitive position which would materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition. Our research and development efforts may not be sufficient to adapt to changes in electric vehicle technology. As technologies change we plan to upgrade or adapt our vehicles and introduce new models to continue to provide vehicles with the latest technology. However, our vehicles may not compete effectively with alternative vehicles if we are not able to source and integrate the latest technology into our vehicles at a competitive price. For example, we do not manufacture battery cells or drive motors which makes us dependent upon suppliers of these products for our vehicles.

The majority of our manufacturing is currently contracted out to third party manufacturers and we are dependent on these manufacturers to operate competitively

We currently contract out the majority of the manufacturing of our vehicles to third party manufacturers in Asia, with final assembly performed by our employees in North America. As a result, we are dependent on third party manufacturers to manufacture our vehicles according to our specifications and quality, at a competitive cost and within agreed upon timeframes. If our chosen manufacturing vendors are unable or unwilling to perform these functions then our financial results and reputation may suffer, which may prevent us from being able to continue as a going concern. In addition, we are subject to inherent risks involved in shipping our vehicles from these primary manufacturers to our facilities in North America. During the shipping process our vehicles are subject to theft, loss or damage due to a number of factors, some of which we may be unable to insure cost-effectively, if at all.

We may need to defend ourselves against intellectual property infringement claims, which may be time-consuming and could cause us to incur substantial costs.

Others, including our competitors, may hold or obtain patents, copyrights, trademarks or other proprietary rights that could prevent, limit or interfere with our ability to make, use, develop, sell or market our products and services, which could make it more difficult for us to operate our business. From time to time, the holders of such intellectual property rights may assert their rights and urge us to take licenses, and/or may bring suits alleging infringement or misappropriation of such rights. We may consider the entering into licensing agreements with respect to such rights, although no assurance can be given that such licenses can be obtained on acceptable terms or that litigation will not occur, and such licenses could significantly increase our operating expenses. In addition, if we are determined to have infringed upon a third party's intellectual property rights, we may be required to cease making, selling or incorporating certain components or intellectual property into the goods and services we offer, to pay substantial damages and/or license royalties, to redesign our products and services, and/or to establish and maintain alternative branding for our products and services. In the event that we were required to take one or more such actions, our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected. In addition, any litigation or claims, whether or not valid, could result in substantial costs, negative publicity and diversion of resources and management attention.

We depend on certain key personnel, and our success will depend on our continued ability to retain and attract such qualified personnel

Our success depends on the efforts, abilities and continued service of our executive officers and management. A number of these key employees have significant experience in the electric vehicle industry, and valuable relationships with our suppliers, customers, and other industry participants. A loss of service from any one of these individuals may adversely affect our operations, and we may have difficulty or may be unable to locate and hire a suitable replacement. We have not obtained any "key person" insurance on any of our executives or managers.

We may be involved in litigation or legal proceedings that are deemed to be material and may require recognition as a provision or a contingent liability on our financial statements.

We may in the future be involved in litigation or legal proceedings that are material and may require recognition as a provision or contingent liability on our financial statements. We have filed a civil claim against the former CEO and a director of our company in the Province of British Columbia, and he has filed a response with a counterclaim for wrongful dismissal in the Province of British Columbia, and a company for which the former CEO and director of our company is a director has filed a claim against our company in the State of California. In addition, a company that was previously owned by the brother of the former CEO and director of our company, and that was dissolved by the B.C. Corporate Registry on November 6, 2015 and only reinstated on June 29, 2020, has filed vague claims that we have misused certain unspecified designs that purportedly belong to this company. We do not expect the outcome of either our claim, or the claims filed against us, to be material, and as of the date of this prospectus the resolution of these claims, including the potential timing or financial impact of these claims is inherently uncertain. However, we may in the future determine that this claim becomes material or we may be subject to other claims that alone or in addition to other claims are considered to be material, and require recognition as a provision or contingent liability on our financial statements.

We are subject to numerous environmental and health and safety laws and any breach of such laws may have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results

We are subject to numerous environmental and health and safety laws, including statutes, regulations, bylaws and other legal requirements. These laws relate to the generation, use, handling, storage, transportation and disposal of regulated substances, including hazardous substances (such as batteries), dangerous goods and waste, emissions or discharges into soil, water and air, including noise and odors (which could result in remediation obligations), and occupational health and safety matters, including indoor air quality. These legal requirements vary by location and can arise under federal, provincial, state or municipal laws. Any breach of such laws, regulations or requirements would have a material adverse effect on our company and its operating results.

Our vehicles are subject to motor vehicle standards and the failure to satisfy such mandated safety standards would have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

All vehicles sold must comply with federal, state and provincial motor vehicle safety standards. In both Canada and the United States vehicles that meet or exceed all federally mandated safety standards are certified under the federal regulations. In this regard, Canadian and U.S. motor vehicle safety standards are substantially the same. Rigorous testing and the use of approved materials and equipment are among the requirements for achieving federal certification. Failure by us to have our current or future electric vehicles satisfy motor vehicle standards would have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

If our vehicles fail to perform as expected, our ability to continue to develop, market and sell our electric vehicles could be harmed

Our vehicles may contain defects in design and manufacture that may cause them not to perform as expected or that may require repair. For example, our vehicles use technologically complex battery management software to operate. Given the inherent complexity of this software, it may contain defects and errors which would adversely impact the operation of our vehicles. While we have performed extensive testing of our vehicles, we currently have a limited frame of reference to evaluate the performance of our vehicles in the hands of our customers under a range of operating conditions.

We may not succeed in establishing, maintaining and strengthening the GreenPower brand, which would materially and adversely affect customer acceptance of our vehicles and components and our business, revenues and prospects.

Our business and prospects heavily depend on our ability to develop, maintain and strengthen the GreenPower brand. Any failure to develop, maintain and strengthen our brand may materially and adversely affect our ability to sell our planned electric vehicles. If we are not able to establish, maintain and strengthen our brand, we may lose the opportunity to expand our customer base. Promoting and positioning our brand will depend significantly on our ability to provide high quality electric vehicles and maintenance and repair services, and we have limited experience in these areas. In addition, we expect that our ability to develop, maintain and strengthen the GreenPower brand will also depend heavily on the success of our marketing efforts. To date we have limited experience with marketing activities as we have relied primarily on the internet, word of mouth and attendance at industry trade shows to promote our brand. To further promote our brand, we may be required to change our marketing practices, which could result in substantially increased advertising expenses. We operate in a competitive industry, and we may not be successful in building, maintaining and strengthening our brand. Many of our current and potential competitors, particularly automobile manufacturers headquartered in the United States, Japan and the European Union have greater name recognition, broader customer relationships and substantially greater marketing resources than we do. If we do not develop and maintain a strong brand, our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results will be materially and adversely impacted.

We are dependent on our suppliers, many of which are single-source suppliers, and the inability of these suppliers to deliver necessary components of our products according to our schedule and at prices, quality levels and volumes acceptable to us, or our inability to efficiently manage these components, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results.

Our products contain numerous purchased parts which we source globally directly from suppliers, many of which are single-source suppliers, although we attempt to qualify and obtain components from multiple sources whenever feasible. Any significant increases in our production may require us to procure additional components in a short amount of time, and in the past we have also replaced certain suppliers because of their failure to provide components that met our quality control standards or our timing requirements. Many of our suppliers have either temporarily suspended their operations or scaled back their operations in order to comply with government and regulatory orders and to protect the health of their employees due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. At this point the ultimate timing, and whether our supplier's business and output will return to normal levels is unknown and uncertain. There is no assurance that we will be able to secure additional or alternate sources of supply for our components or develop our own replacements in a timely manner, if at all. If we encounter unexpected difficulties with key suppliers, and if we are unable to fill these needs from other suppliers, we could experience production delays and potential loss of access to important technology and parts for producing, servicing and supporting our products.

This limited, and in many cases single source, supply chain exposes us to multiple potential sources of delivery failure or component shortages for production of our products. Furthermore, unexpected changes in business conditions, materials pricing, labor issues, wars, governmental changes, and natural disasters could also affect our suppliers' ability to deliver components to us on a timely basis. The loss of any single or limited source supplier or the disruption in the supply of components from these suppliers could lead to product design changes and delays in product deliveries to our customers, which could hurt our relationships with our customers and result in negative publicity, damage to our brand and a material and adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

Changes in our supply chain may lead to an increased cost for our products. We have also experienced cost increases from certain of our suppliers in order to meet our quality targets and timelines as well as due to our design changes, and we may experience similar cost increases in the future. Certain suppliers have sought to renegotiate the terms of supply arrangements. Additionally, we are negotiating with existing suppliers for cost reductions and are seeking new and less expensive suppliers for certain parts. If we are unsuccessful in our efforts to control and reduce supplier costs, our operating results will suffer.

There is no assurance that our suppliers will be able to sustainably and timely meet our cost, quality and volume needs. Furthermore, if the scale of our vehicle production increases, we will need to accurately forecast, purchase, warehouse and transport to our manufacturing facilities components at much higher volumes. If we are unable to accurately match the timing and quantities of component purchases to our actual needs, or successfully manage our inventory to accommodate the increased complexity in our supply chain, we may incur unexpected production disruption, storage, transportation and write-off costs, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results. 

The reduction or elimination of government and economic incentives, funding approval or the delay in the timing of advancing funding that has been approved, in particular in the state of California, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects.

Any reduction, elimination or discriminatory application of government subsidies and economic incentives because of policy changes, the reduced need for such subsidies and incentives for electric vehicles may result in the diminished competitiveness of the alternative fuel vehicle industry generally or our electric vehicles in particular. This could materially and adversely affect the growth of the alternative fuel automobile markets and our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

Our vehicles are eligible for vouchers from specific government programs, including the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project ("HVIP") from the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") in partnership with Calstart, and the Specialty-Use Vehicle Incentive Program funded by the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The ability for potential purchasers to receive funding from these programs is subject to the risk of the programs being funded by governments, and the risk of the delay in the timing of advancing funds to the specific programs. To the extent that program funding is not approved, or if the funding is approved but timing of advancing of funds is delayed, subject to cancellation, or otherwise uncertain, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects. On November 1, 2019, CARB announced that it had received voucher requests for the entire $142 million budget allocated to the HVIP program for the current fiscal year and does not anticipate it will accept new voucher requests until late 2020 when fiscal 2020-21 funding becomes available. This announcement has negatively impacted new sales prospects for GreenPower buses in the state of California.

To date the vast majority of our electric vehicle sales have been in the state of California, in part due to subsidies and grants for electric vehicles and electric charging infrastructure available from the California state government. In some cases these grants or subsidies have covered the entire vehicle cost, and in many cases the grants or subsidies have reduced the net cost to our customers to a point that the vehicle is less expensive than purchasing a comparable diesel powered vehicle. The recent announcement from CARB that it is no longer accepting new applications to the HVIP program until new funding for the program is identified has negatively impacted new sales prospects for GreenPower buses in the state of California and any further reduction or elimination of the grants or incentives in the state of California would have a material negative impact on our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects.

If we fail to manage future growth effectively, we may not be able to market and sell our vehicles successfully.

Any failure to manage our growth effectively could materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition. We are expecting significant growth in sales, and are currently expanding our employees, facilities and infrastructure in order to accommodate this growth. Our future operating results depend to a large extent on our ability to manage this expansion and growth successfully. Risks that we face in undertaking this expansion include:

• training new personnel;

• forecasting production and revenue;

• controlling expenses and investments in anticipation of expanded operations;

• establishing or expanding manufacturing, sales and service facilities;

• implementing and enhancing administrative infrastructure, systems and processes;

• addressing new markets; and

• establishing international operations. 

We intend to continue to hire a number of additional personnel, including manufacturing personnel and service technicians for our electric vehicles. There is significant competition for individuals with experience manufacturing and servicing electric vehicles, and we may not be able to attract, assimilate, train or retain additional highly qualified personnel in the future. The failure to attract, integrate, train, motivate and retain these additional employees could seriously harm our business and prospects.

Our business may be adversely affected by labor and union activities.

Although none of our employees are currently represented by a labor union, it is common throughout the automobile industry for employees to belong to a union. Having a unionized workforce may result in higher employee costs and increased risk of work stoppages. Additionally, we are in the process of expanding our in-house manufacturing capabilities and increasing the number of employees in this area. If our employees engaged in manufacturing were to unionize, this may increase our future production costs and negatively impact our gross margins and financial results.

We also directly and indirectly depend upon other companies with unionized work forces, such as parts suppliers and trucking and freight companies, and work stoppages or strikes organized by such unions could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition or operating results. If a work stoppage occurs within our business, or in one of our key suppliers, it could delay the manufacture and sale of our electric vehicles and have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition.

We may become subject to product liability or warranty claims, which could harm our financial condition and liquidity if we are not able to successfully defend or insure against such claims.

We may become subject to product liability or warranty claims, which could harm our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition. The automobile industry experiences significant product liability claims and we face inherent risk of exposure to claims in the event our vehicles do not perform as expected or malfunction resulting in personal injury or death. Our risks in this area are particularly pronounced given our vehicles have only been operating for a short period of time. A successful product liability claim against us could require us to pay a substantial monetary award. Moreover, a product liability claim could generate substantial negative publicity about our vehicles and business which would have a material adverse effect on our brand, business, prospects and operating results.

Global economic conditions could materially adversely impact demand for our products and services.

Our operations and performance depend significantly on economic conditions. The COVID-19 global pandemic and resulting government health regulations have resulted in significant reductions in global economic output and have negatively impacted global economic conditions. The ultimate impact and duration of current negative global economic conditions are highly uncertain. Uncertainty about global economic conditions could result in customers postponing purchases of our products and services in response to tighter credit, unemployment, negative financial news and/or declines in income or asset values and other macroeconomic factors, which could have a material negative effect on demand for our products and services and, accordingly, on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

The trade agreement with China includes tariffs on goods imported to the US from China, and these tariffs negatively impact our financial performance, financial position, and financial results

The United States and China signed a trade agreement in January 2020 after a trade war between the two countries that led to the implementation of tariffs on approximately $360 billion of Chinese imports to the United States. The trade agreement includes terms providing protection for intellectual property and includes a commitment from China to purchase goods and services from the United States, however the majority of the current tariffs on goods imported to the United States from China will remain in place under the trade agreement. GreenPower's buses include parts and components imported from China, and tariffs are applied to imports of these products to the United States. These tariffs have increased the cost of GreenPower's buses imported to the United States and have had and will continue to have a negative impact on our gross margins, profitability, financial performance and financial position. Any escalation of the tariffs on imported goods from China to the United States will cause further negative impacts to our gross margin, profitability, financial performance and financial position.

Servicing our indebtedness requires a significant amount of cash, and there is no guarantee that we will have sufficient cash flow from our business to pay our substantial indebtedness.

As of March 31, 2020, we had approximately US$5.5 million drawn on our line of credit, and approximately CDN$5.6 million in convertible debentures outstanding. On April 29, 2020, we received financing of $361,900 under the U.S. Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program and have entered into a two-year promissory note with East West Bank for this financing. Our substantial consolidated indebtedness increases our vulnerability to adverse economic and industry conditions, such as the current adverse economic and industry conditions caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. We and our subsidiaries may, subject to the limitations in the terms of our existing and future indebtedness, incur additional debt, secure existing or future debt or recapitalize our debt.

Our ability to make scheduled payments of the interest on our indebtedness when due, or to make payments upon repurchase demands with respect to our line of credit,  or to refinance our indebtedness as we may need or desire, depends on our future performance, which is subject to economic, financial, competitive and other factors beyond our control. Our business may not continue to generate cash flow from operations in the future sufficient to satisfy our obligations under our existing indebtedness, and any future indebtedness we may incur, and to make necessary capital expenditures. If we are unable to generate such cash flow, we may be required to adopt one or more alternatives, such as reducing or delaying investments or capital expenditures, selling assets, refinancing or obtaining additional equity capital on terms that may be onerous or highly dilutive. Our ability to refinance existing or future indebtedness will depend on the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. In addition, our ability to make payments may be limited by law, by regulatory authority or by agreements governing our future indebtedness. We may not be able to engage in any of these activities or engage in these activities on desirable terms or at all, which could result in a default on our existing or future indebtedness and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our line of credit contains covenant restrictions that may limit our ability to operate our business.

The terms of our line of credit contains, and future debt agreements we enter into may contain, covenant restrictions that limit our ability to operate our business, including restrictions on our ability to, among other things, incur additional debt or issue guarantees, create liens, and make certain dispositions of property or assets. As a result of these covenants, our ability to respond to changes in business and economic conditions and engage in beneficial transactions, including to obtain additional financing as needed, may be restricted. Furthermore, our failure to comply with our debt covenants could result in a default under our line of credit, which would permit the lender to demand repayment. If a demand is made for us to repay our line of credit, we may not have sufficient funds available to repay it.

The demand for commercial zero-emission electric vehicles depends, in part, on the continuation of current trends resulting from historical dependence on fossil fuels. Extended periods of low diesel or other petroleum-based fuel prices could adversely affect demand for electric vehicles, which could adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

We believe that much of the present and projected demand for commercial zero-emission electric vehicles results from concerns about volatility in the cost of petroleum-based fuel, the dependency of the United States on oil from unstable or hostile countries, government regulations and economic incentives promoting fuel efficiency and alternative forms of energy, as well as the belief that poor air quality and climate change results in part from the burning of fossil fuels. If the cost of petroleum-based fuel decreased significantly, or the long-term supply of oil in the United States improved, the government may eliminate or modify its regulations or economic incentives related to fuel efficiency and alternative forms of energy. If there is a change in the perception that the burning of fossil fuels does not negatively impact the environment, the demand for commercial zero-emission electric vehicles could be reduced, and our business and revenue may be harmed. Diesel and other petroleum-based fuel prices have been extremely volatile, and we believe this continuing volatility will persist. Lower diesel or other petroleum-based fuel prices over extended periods of time may lower the current perception in government and the private sector that cheaper, more readily available energy alternatives should be developed and produced. If diesel or other petroleum-based fuel prices remain at deflated levels for extended periods of time, the demand for commercial electric vehicles may decrease, which could have an adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

We may be compelled to undertake product recalls.

Any product recall in the future may result in adverse publicity, damage to our brand and may adversely affect our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition. We may at various times, voluntarily or involuntarily, initiate a recall if any of our electric vehicle components prove to be defective. Such recalls, voluntary or involuntary, involve significant expense and diversion of management attention and other resources, which would adversely affect our brand image in our target markets and could adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

Security breaches and other disruptions to our information technology networks and systems could substantially interfere with our operations and could compromise the confidentiality of our proprietary information, notwithstanding the fact that no such breaches or disruptions have materially impacted us to date.

We rely upon information technology systems and networks, some of which are managed by third-parties, to process, transmit and store electronic information, and to manage or support a variety of business processes and activities, including supply chain management, manufacturing, invoicing and collection of payments from our customers. Additionally, we collect and store sensitive data, including intellectual property, proprietary business information, the proprietary business information of our suppliers, as well as personally identifiable information of our employees, in data centers and on information technology systems. The secure operation of these information technology systems, and the processing and maintenance of this information, is critical to our business operations and strategy. Despite security measures and business continuity plans, our information technology systems and networks may be vulnerable to damage, disruptions or shutdowns due to attacks by hackers or breaches due to errors or malfeasance by employees, contractors and others who have access to our networks and systems, or other disruptions during the process of upgrading or replacing computer software or hardware, hardware failures, software errors, third-party service provider outages, power outages, computer viruses, telecommunication or utility failures or natural disasters or other catastrophic events. The occurrence of any of these events could compromise our systems and the information stored there could be accessed, publicly disclosed, lost or stolen. Any such access, disclosure or other loss of information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability or regulatory penalties under laws protecting the privacy of personal information, disrupt operations and reduce the competitive advantage we hope to derive from our investment in technology. Our insurance coverage may not be available or adequate to cover all the costs related to significant security attacks or disruptions resulting from such attacks.

President Trump's administration may create regulatory uncertainty for the alternative energy sector and may materially harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

President Trump's administration may create regulatory uncertainty in the alternative energy sector. President Trump has historically made comments suggesting that he was not supportive of various clean energy programs and initiatives designed to curtail global warming. Since taking office, President Trump has released his America First Energy Plan that relies on fossil fuels, cancelled U.S. participation in the Paris Climate Agreement and signed several executive orders relating to oil pipelines. It remains unclear what specifically President Trump would or would not do with respect to these programs and initiatives, and what support he would have for any potential changes to such legislative programs and initiatives in the Unites States Congress. If President Trump and/or the United States Congress take action or publicly speak out about the need to eliminate or further reduce legislation, regulations and incentives supporting alternative energy or take action to further support the use of fossil fuels, such actions may result in a decrease in demand for alternative energy in the United States and may materially harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Our electric vehicles make use of lithium-ion battery cells, which, if not appropriately managed and controlled, have occasionally been observed to catch fire or vent smoke and flames. If such events occur in our electric vehicles, we could face liability associated with our warranty, for damage or injury, adverse publicity and a potential safety recall, any of which would adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

The battery packs in our electric vehicles use lithium-ion cells, which have been used for years in laptop computers and cell phones. Highly publicized incidents of laptop computers and cell phones bursting into flames have focused consumer attention on the safety of these cells. These events also have raised questions about the suitability of these lithium-ion cells for automotive applications. There can be no assurance that a field failure of our battery packs will not occur, which would damage the vehicle or lead to personal injury or death and may subject us to lawsuits. Furthermore, there is some risk of electrocution if individuals who attempt to repair battery packs on our vehicles do not follow applicable maintenance and repair protocols. Any such damage or injury would likely lead to adverse publicity and potentially a safety recall. Any such adverse publicity could adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

Risks Related to Our Company

It may be difficult for non-Canadian investors to obtain and enforce judgments against us because of our Canadian incorporation and presence.

We are a corporation existing under the laws of British Columbia, Canada. Some of our directors and officers, and the experts named in this prospectus, are residents of Canada, and all or a substantial portion of their assets, and a substantial portion of our assets, are located outside the United States. Consequently, although we have appointed an agent for service of process in the United States, it may be difficult for holders of our common shares who reside in the United States to effect service within the United States upon our directors and officers and experts who are not residents of the United States. It may also be difficult for holders of our common shares who reside in the United States to realize in the United States upon judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon our civil liability and the civil liability of our directors, officers and experts under the United States federal securities laws. Investors should not assume that Canadian courts (i) would enforce judgments of United States courts obtained in actions against us or our directors, officers or experts predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the United States federal securities laws or the securities or "blue sky" laws of any state within the United States or (ii) would enforce, in original actions, liabilities against us or our directors, officers or experts predicated upon the United States federal securities laws or any such state securities or "blue sky" laws.

We are an "emerging growth company," and we cannot be certain if the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our common shares less attractive to investors.

We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the "JOBS Act". For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

We will cease to be an emerging growth company upon the earliest of:

• the last day of the fiscal year during which we have total annual gross revenues of $1,000,000,000 (as such amount is indexed for inflation every five years by the Securities and Exchange Commission or more);

• the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our first sale of common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933;

• the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1,000,000,000 in non- convertible debt; or

• the date on which we are deemed to be a "large accelerated filer", as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

We cannot predict if investors will find our common shares less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common shares and our share price may be more volatile.

As a foreign private issuer, we are not subject to certain United States securities law disclosure requirements that apply to a domestic United States issuer, which may limit the information that would be publicly available to our shareholders.

As a foreign private issuer, we will be exempt from certain rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that impose disclosure requirements as well as procedural requirements for proxy solicitations under Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act. In addition, our officers, directors and principal shareholders will be exempt from the reporting and "short-swing" profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act. Moreover, we are not required to file periodic reports and financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission as frequently or as promptly as a company that files as a U.S. domestic issuer whose securities are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor are we generally required to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation FD, which restricts the selective disclosure of material non-public information. For as long as we are a "foreign private issuer" we intend to file our annual financial statements on Form 20-F and furnish our quarterly updates on Form 6-K to the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, the information we file or furnish is not the same as the information that is required in annual and quarterly reports on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q for U.S. domestic issuers. Accordingly, there may be less information publicly available concerning us than there is for a company that files as a U.S. domestic issuer.

Our shareholders approved a shareholder rights plan which may be implemented by management and may impede a change in control

Our shareholders approved a shareholder rights plan which has not been implemented by management, but which, if implemented, may impede a change in control. The shareholder rights plan provides for the issuance of one right for each common share of the company outstanding, and the rights become separable and exercisable upon the receipt of a take-over bid or similar proposal other than those meeting certain conditions or those that are exempted by our board of directors. The potential for the rights becoming separable and exercisable may have the effect of impeding a change of control of the company.

The report of our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended March 31, 2020 includes a "going concern" explanatory paragraph.

The report of our independent registered public accounting firm on our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended March 31, 2020  includes an explanatory paragraph indicating that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. If we are unable to raise sufficient capital when needed, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be materially and adversely affected, and we will need to significantly modify our operational plans to continue as a going concern. If we are unable to continue as a going concern, we might have to liquidate our assets and the values we receive for our assets in liquidation or dissolution could be significantly lower than the values reflected in our consolidated financial statements. The inclusion of a going concern explanatory paragraph by our auditors, our lack of cash resources and our potential inability to continue as a going concern may materially adversely affect our share price and our ability to raise new capital or to enter into critical contractual relations with third parties.

Risks Related to Our Common Shares

Because we can issue additional common shares or preferred shares, our shareholders may experience dilution in the future.

We are authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares without par value and an unlimited number of preferred shares without par value. Our board of directors has the authority to cause us to issue additional common shares or preferred shares and to determine the special rights and restrictions of the shares of one or more series of our preferred shares, without consent of our shareholders. The issuance of any such securities may result in a reduction of the book value or market price of our common shares. Given the fact that we have not achieved profitability or generated positive cash flow historically, and we operate in a capital intensive industry with significant working capital requirements, we may be required to issue additional common equity or securities that are dilutive to existing common shares in the future in order to continue its operations. Our efforts to fund our intended business plan may result in dilution to existing shareholders. Further, any such issuances could result in a change of control or a reduction in the market price for our common shares.

The market price of our common shares may be volatile and may fluctuate in a way that is disproportionate to our operating performance.

Our common shares are quoted on the OTCQB operated by the OTC Markets Group and listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Trading of shares on the OTCQB or TSX Venture Exchange is often characterized by wide fluctuations in trading prices, due to many factors that may have little to do with our operations or business prospects. We have applied for listing of our common shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "GP." No assurance can be given that our application will be approved.

The volume of trading in our common shares has been low and the share price has fluctuated significantly. This volatility could depress the market price of our common shares for reasons unrelated to operating performance. The market price of our common shares could decline due to the impact of any of the following factors upon the market price of our common shares:

• sales or potential sales of substantial amounts of our common shares;

• announcements about us or about our competitors;

• litigation and other developments relating to our company or those of our suppliers or our competitors;

• conditions in the automobile industry;

• governmental regulation and legislation;

• variations in our anticipated or actual operating results;

• change in securities analysts' estimates of our performance, or our failure to meet analysts' expectations;

• change in general economic conditions or trends;

• changes in capital market conditions or in the level of interest rates; and

• investor perception of our industry or our prospects.

Many of these factors are beyond our control. The stock markets in general, and the market price of common shares of vehicle companies in particular, have historically experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies. These broad market and industry factors could reduce the market price of our common shares, regardless of our actual operating performance.

Volatility in our common share price may subject us to securities litigation

The market for our common shares may have, when compared to seasoned issuers, significant price volatility, and we expect that our share price may continue to be more volatile than that of a seasoned issuer for the foreseeable future. In the past, plaintiffs have often initiated securities class action litigation against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities. We may, in the future, be the target of similar litigation. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and liabilities and could divert management's attention and resources away from the day to day business operations.

Our common shares are thinly traded, and you may be unable to sell your shares at a reasonable price, or sell your shares at all

Our common shares are quoted on the OTCQB operated by the OTC Markets Group and listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Trading of shares on the OTCQB or TSX Venture Exchange is often more sporadic than the trading of securities listed on a stock exchange like the NASDAQ, the NYSE or the Toronto Stock Exchange. While we have applied for listing of our common shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "GP.", no assurance can be given that our application will be approved.  In the quarter ended June 30, 2020 our average daily trading volume on the OTCQB was approximately 101,426 shares, and there were several trading days in each quarter when no shares were traded. Our common shares may continue to be "thinly-traded", meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our common shares at or near bid prices at any given time may be relatively small or non-existent. This situation may be attributable to a number of factors, including that we are relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate or influence sales volume, and that even if we came to the attention of such persons, they may be reluctant or unwilling to follow an unproven company such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of our shares until such time as we have a longer operating history. As a consequence, there may be periods of time when trading activity in our shares is minimal or non-existent as compared to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on share price. A broad or active public trading market for our common shares may not develop or, if one were to develop, may not be sustained.

A prolonged and substantial decline in the price of our common shares could affect our ability to raise further working capital, thereby adversely impacting our ability to continue operations.

A prolonged and substantial decline in the price of our common shares could result in a reduction in the liquidity of our common shares and a reduction in our ability to raise capital. Because we plan to acquire a significant portion of the funds we need in order to conduct our planned operations through the sale of equity securities, a decline in the price of our common shares could be detrimental to our liquidity and our operations because the decline may cause investors not to choose to invest in our shares. If we are unable to raise the funds we require for all our planned operations and to meet our existing and future financial obligations, we may be forced to reallocate funds from other planned uses and may suffer a significant negative effect on our business plan and operations, including our ability to develop new products and continue our current operations. As a result, our business may suffer, and we may go out of business.

Because we do not intend to pay any cash dividends on our common shares in the near future, our shareholders will not be able to receive a return on their shares unless they sell them.

We intend to retain any future earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common shares in the near future. The declaration, payment and amount of any future dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors, and will depend upon, among other things, the results of operations, cash flows and financial condition, operating and capital requirements, and other factors as the board of directors considers relevant. There is no assurance that future dividends will be paid, and if dividends are paid, there is no assurance with respect to the amount of any such dividend. Unless we pay dividends, our shareholders will not be able to receive a return on their shares unless they sell them.

We may be classified as a "passive foreign investment company," which may have adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences for U.S. shareholders.

Generally, for any taxable year in which 75% or more of our gross income is passive income, or at least 50% of the average quarterly value of our assets (which may be determined in part by the market value of our common shares, which is subject to change) are held for the production of, or produce, passive income, we would be characterized as a passive foreign investment company ("PFIC") for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Our status as a PFIC is a fact-intensive determination made on an annual basis, and we cannot provide any assurance regarding our PFIC status for the taxable year ending March 31, 2020 or for future taxable years.

If we are a PFIC for any year during a non-corporate U.S. shareholder's holding period of our common shares, then such non-corporate U.S. shareholder generally will be required to treat any gain realized upon a disposition of our common shares, or any so-called "excess distribution" received on our common shares, as ordinary income, rather than as capital gain, and the preferential tax rate applicable to dividends received on our common shares would not be available. Interest charges would also be added to the taxes on gains and distributions realized by all U.S. holders.

A U.S. shareholder may avoid these adverse tax consequences by making a timely and effective "qualified electing fund" election ("QEF election"). A U.S. shareholder who makes a QEF election generally must report, on a current basis, its share of our ordinary earnings and net capital gains, whether or not we distribute any amounts to our shareholders. The QEF election is available only if the company characterized as a PFIC provides a U.S. shareholder with certain information regarding its earnings and capital gains as required under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations. In the event we become a PFIC, U.S. Holders should be aware that we might not satisfy the recordkeeping requirements that apply to a QEF or supply U.S. Holders with information such U.S. Holders require to report under the QEF rules in the event that our company is a PFIC for any tax year.

A U.S. shareholder may also mitigate the adverse tax consequences by timely making a mark-to-market election. A U.S. shareholder who makes the mark-to-market election generally must include as ordinary income each year the increase in the fair market value of the common shares and deduct from gross income the decrease in the value of such shares during each of its taxable years. A mark-to-market election may be made and maintained only if our common shares are regularly traded on a qualified exchange, including Nasdaq. Whether our common shares are regularly traded on a qualified exchange is an annual determination based on facts that, in part, are beyond our control. Accordingly, a U.S. shareholder might not be eligible to make a mark-to-market election to mitigate the adverse tax consequences if we are characterized as a PFIC.

Each U.S. shareholder should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the possibility of making these elections and the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our common shares. This paragraph is qualified in its entirety by the discussion in the section of this prospectus entitled "Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations." In addition, our PFIC status may deter certain U.S. investors from purchasing our common shares, which could have an adverse impact on the market price of our common shares.

Forward-Looking Statements

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are projections in respect of future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "should", "intend", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "predict", "potential", or "continue" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, including the risks in the section entitled "Risk Factors", uncertainties and other factors, which may cause our company's or our industry's actual results, levels of activity or performance to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

The COVID-19 global pandemic has had, and will continue to have, a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition and negatively impacts our ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms, if at all, to fund shortfalls in our cash flow from operations. The future impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic is inherently uncertain, and is expected to negatively impact the financial ability of our customers to purchase vehicles from us, of our suppliers ability to deliver products used in the manufacture of our all-electric vehicles in a timely manner, if at all, in our employees' ability to manufacture our vehicles and to carry out their other duties in order to sustain our business, and in our ability to collect certain receivables owing to us, among other factors. While we have taken steps to modify our business and staffing levels in order to manage impacts caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic and resulting government and regulatory health orders, these factors are expected to continue to have a negative impact on our financial results, operations, outlook, goals, growth prospects, cash flows, liquidity and share price, and the potential timing and ultimate duration of these negative impacts is uncertain.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity or performance. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States and Canada, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.

Information on Our Company

Summary

We are a corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in British Columbia, Canada under the name "GreenPower Motor Company Inc." with an authorized share structure of unlimited number of common shares and preferred shares without par value. Our principal place of business is located at Suite 209 - 240 Carrall Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 2B2, Canada and our telephone number is (604) 563-4144.

Our registered records office is located at Suite 900 - 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 3H1, Canada and its telephone number is (604) 687-5700.

Our registered agent in the United States is GKL Corporate/Search, Inc., located at One Capitol Mall, Suite 660, Sacramento, California 95814 and its telephone number is (800) 446-5455.

History and Development of Our Company

Our company was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) on March 30, 2010 as "Oakmont Capital Corp." Oakmont Capital Corp.'s authorized capital consisted of an unlimited number of common and preferred shares. On June 17, 2011, Oakmont Capital Corp. completed an initial public offering of 4,000,000 common shares for gross proceeds of CDN$400,000 and the Oakmont Capital Corp. shares began trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on June 21, 2011 under the symbol "OMK.P". Prior to completing its Qualifying Transaction (as defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange), Oakmont Capital Corp. was a capital pool company listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada. A capital pool company is a company with no assets other than cash and no commercial operations. The capital pool company uses its funds to seek out an investment opportunity.

On October 25, 2012, Oakmont Capital Corp. entered into a share exchange agreement with 0939181 B.C. Ltd., pursuant to which Oakmont Capital Corp. agreed to acquire 0939181 B.C. Ltd., which would constitute Oakmont Capital Corp.'s Qualifying Transaction. On July 3, 2013, the TSX Venture Exchange accepted Oakmont Capital Corp.'s Qualifying Transaction. Oakmont Capital Corp. then became a Tier 2 Mining Issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange. On July 3, 2013, Oakmont Capital Corp. also changed its name to "Oakmont Minerals Corp." The common shares of Oakmont Minerals Corp. began trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "OMK" on July 8, 2013. Oakmont Minerals Corp. was then a natural resource company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of resource properties, with its focus on the Utah Manganese Properties, which included four separate properties (known as Duma Point, Dubinky Well, Moab Fault and Flat Iron) consisting of 150 mineral claims totaling 1,250 hectares held 100% by Utah Manganese Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of 0939181 B.C. Ltd. Oakmont Minerals corp. was engaged in the exploration of the Utah Manganese Properties to determine the presence of geo-chemical characteristics that could support small-to-medium scale extraction of minerals suitable for use in specialty high strength steel production. Oakmont Minerals Corp. remained in the exploration stage and did not generate revenues or income from operations.

On December 23, 2014, 0999314 B.C. Ltd., a British Columbia corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oakmont Minerals Corp. completed an amalgamation with GreenPower Motor Company Inc., a British Columbia corporation, pursuant to an amalgamation agreement between Oakmont Minerals Corp., 0999314 B.C. Ltd., and GreenPower Motor Company Inc. dated April 14, 2014. The amalgamated company (with the name "0999314 B.C. Ltd.") became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oakmont Minerals Corp. and Oakmont Minerals Corp. changed its name to "GreenPower Motor Company Inc." and the common shares of GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (formerly Oakmont Minerals Corp.) were consolidated on the basis of two pre-consolidation shares for each post-consolidation share. Our common shares began trading under the symbol "GPV" on the TSX Venture Exchange effective December 30, 2014. For accounting purposes, this amalgamation was considered a reverse take-over whereby GreenPower Motor Company Inc. was considered the acquiring company of Oakmont Minerals Corp. Subsequent to the completion of the amalgamation, the business of GreenPower Motor Company Inc. became the business of the amalgamated company.

Prior to the amalgamation on December 23, 2014, GreenPower Motor Company Inc., the acquiring company of Oakmont Minerals Corp. for accounting purposes, was incorporated on September 18, 2007 as "Blackrock Resources Ltd." under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), with an authorized share structure of unlimited number of common shares and preferred shares without par value.  Pursuant to share purchase agreements dated September 30, 2013, Blackrock Resources Ltd. completed a reverse takeover transaction with GP GreenPower Industries Inc., whereby it acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of GP GreenPower Industries Inc. in exchange for the issuance of 47,534,402 common shares of Blackrock Resources Ltd. In connection with the reverse takeover transaction with GP GreenPower Industries Inc., Blackrock Resources Ltd. changed its name from "Blackrock Resources Ltd." to its then name, "GreenPower Motor Company Inc.", on July 22, 2013.

In May 2015, our common shares were approved for trading on the OTCQB in the United States under the trading symbol "GPVRF".

In October 2015, we announced the sale of two school buses to Adomani Inc. and appointed Adomani Inc. as a non-exclusive authorized factory sales representative for school buses in California. In November 2015, we entered into a letter of intent with the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority and CVS Cruise Victoria Ltd. to lease our EV 550 double decker buses. The buses were delivered to CVS Cruise Victoria Ltd. in February 2018. By mid-2016, our company was offering a suite of transit buses ranging in length from 30 feet to 45 feet, a 45-foot coach bus, a 45-foot double decker bus, and a school bus.

In December 2016, we announced that the California Air Resources Board had awarded $9.5 million to the City of Porterville to deploy 10 GreenPower EV 350 40-foot transit buses and to install 11 charging stations on its transit routes. Two EV 350 buses were delivered to the City of Porterville in the year ended March 31, 2018, and another 6 buses were delivered in the year ended March 31, 2019. The 9th bus was delivered during the quarter ended June 30, 2019 and the final bus was delivered to the City of Porterville during the quarter ended September 30, 2019.

In June 2018, our company appointed Creative Bus Sales as our exclusive sales agent. Creative Bus Sales is the largest bus dealer in the United States, with 18 physical locations, a 75-person sales team and more than 200 service and support staff.

During the year ended March 31, 2019, we delivered 14 buses to customers, pursuant to vehicle leases and vehicle sales. The customers were all located in the state of California, and include Sacramento Regional Transit, the University of California San Francisco, the Port of Oakland, Airline Coach Services and the City of Porterville. On November 14, 2018, Utah Manganese Inc., the wholly-owned subsidiary of 0939181 B.C. Ltd., the company with which Oakmont Capital Corp. effected its Qualifying Transaction in 2013, changed its name from "Utah Manganese Inc." to "San Joaquin Valley Equipment Leasing Inc." and San Joaquin Valley Equipment Leasing Inc. is now used by GreenPower Motor Company Inc. to enter into lease agreements to lease its buses.

The principal capital expenditures of our company have been investments in a 9.3 acre parcel of land in the City of Porterville (carrying value of $800,717 as at March 31, 2020) and in electric buses and EV equipment (one Synapse shuttle, three EV 350 buses, two EV Stars and ancillary equipment with a carrying value of $842,868 as at March 31, 2020). We have obtained building permits from the City of Porterville and are determining whether to develop a manufacturing facility and office building on the land in Porterville. To date, our principal capital expenditures have been funded with capital which has been sourced from our company's sale of convertible debentures, warrants and common shares, proceeds from the exercise of warrants for common shares, loans from related parties, and from our company's $8 million operating credit line with the Bank of Montreal.

On February 6, 2020 we announced that we were seeking the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange for a temporary reduction of the conversion price of our convertible debentures to a conversion price of CDN$0.335 per share for a 30-day period and on July 3, 2020 we announced that we are no longer proceeding with this request.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020 GreenPower entered into agreements with Momentum Dynamics Corp. ("Momentum") to integrate wireless charging into the EV Star and with Perrone Robotics Inc. ("Perrone") to build a fully autonomous EV Star for the transit market. GreenPower has agreed to collaborate with Momentum and separately with Perrone to integrate their components, software and technology on an EV Star, and to work with these companies on sales of EV Stars that have integrated their respective technologies. Both parties have agreed to provide technical support and training in order to integrate the technology and provide after sales support to potential customers.

Beginning in March 2020, GreenPower's business and operations have been adapting in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. As an essential business manufacturing on behalf of the transit industry, we have maintained production, although at reduced levels compared to prior to the pandemic. Some of our suppliers and contract manufacturers have temporarily suspended or reduced their production levels, and our internal staffing levels in production have been temporarily reduced in order to comply with government regulations and maintain physical distancing in order to protect the health of our staff, customers and other stakeholders. While we have maintained sales and production during this period, we have done so at a reduced rate in order to comply with physical distancing requirements and government health regulations. During the three months ended March 31, 2020 we delivered 8 EV Stars to Antelope Valley Transit Authority, and these vehicles were previously leased to Green Commuter. We have also been actively pursuing government business grants and loans in both Canada and the US in order to help support our business through this period, and have received financing of $361,900 under the U.S. Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program, and have entered into a two-year promissory note with East West Bank for this financing. Management continues to monitor and adapt to the current economic realities that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, however the ultimate impacts and duration of current conditions remain uncertain.

During April 2020, GreenPower received the final report for the EV Star's Federal Transit Bus Test performed for the Federal Transit Administration at the Altoona Bus Testing site at Penn State University. This report covers seven tests covering the maintainability, reliability, safety and performance of transit vehicles, and is required by the FTA for transit properties looking to purchase vehicles with federal funds. The EV Star passed the Altoona Test with an aggregate score of 92.2 which, as of the date of the test, makes the EV Star the highest scoring medium or heavy duty vehicle that has completed the Altoona test, and the only all-electric Class 4 vehicle to have passed the Altoona test. Vehicles that are built to Buy America compliant standards and have passed the Altoona test are eligible for FTA funding of up to 80% of the capital cost of a transit vehicle. Vehicle buyers relay heavily on Altoona reports when making purchasing decisions.

During June, GreenPower announced that the Antelope Valley Transit Authority had deployed six EV Stars to serve its new micro transit system and delivered a follow-on order of 18 EV Stars to Green Commuter. After this delivery, Green Commuter had approved California HVIP vouchers totaling $4.5 million in its remaining order for 52 Greenpower EV Stars. In July, Green Commuter placed an additional 100 EV Star order with Greenpower, significantly increasing Greenpower's pipeline. During June, Greenpower announced that Creative Bus Sales received an order for two EV Stars from UCLA, and in July Greenpower announced that we had received an order for 10 electric school buses from Creative Bus Sales which are being funded by Air Quality Management Districts with funding from VW settlement funds. In early August, Priyankar Balekai joined Greenpower on a consultancy contract to lead the cargo, logistics and truck division. Mr. Balekai has over 23 years of experience in the trucking sector, including senior roles at Thor Trucks, BYD Motors, and Navistar.

The following chart illustrates Greenpower's cumulative vehicle deliveries to the end of June 2020:

There have been no indications of any public takeover offers by third parties in respect of our company's shares or by our company in respect of other companies' shares which have occurred during the last and current financial year.

Reverse Stock Split

We intend to implement a consolidation, or a reverse stock split, of our issued and outstanding common shares on the basis of one new common share for seven old common shares prior to the closing of the offering.

Business Overview

We are a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of a broad-based line of battery-electric high-floor and low-floor vehicles, including transit buses, school buses, shuttle buses, a double decker bus and a cargo van. We employ a clean-sheet design to manufacture all-electric buses that are purpose built to be battery powered with zero emissions. We integrate global suppliers for key components, such as Siemens or TM4 for the drive motors, Knorr for the brakes, ZF for the axles and Parker or I/O Controls for the dash and control systems. This OEM platform allows our company to meet the specifications of various operators while providing standard parts for ease of maintenance and accessibility for warranty requirements.

We are an original equipment manufacturer ("OEM") of class 4-8 commercial, heavy-duty bus chassis for products ranging from a 25-foot Min-eBus to a 45 foot double decker bus. We utilize various contract manufacturers in Malaysia, Taiwan and China for all of the major components with final assembly in Porterville, California. We are planning to expand our manufacturing capabilities with component manufacturing in Porterville.

We believe our battery-electric commercial vehicles offer fleet operators significant benefits, which include:

• low total cost-of-ownership vs. conventional gas or diesel-powered vehicles;

• improved profitability through:

• lower maintenance costs; and

• reduced fuel expenses

• satisfaction of government mandates to move to zero-emission vehicles;

• decreased vehicle emissions and reduction in carbon footprint; and

• improved vehicle safety and driver experience.

Our company currently sells and leases its vehicles to customers directly and through its primary distributor Creative Bus Sales. Creative Bus Sales is considered to be the largest bus dealer in the United States for sales, parts and service. With 18 physical locations, a 75-person sales team, and 200-plus service and support staff, Creative Bus Sales sold thousands of buses in the U.S. last year and represents over 20 of the top bus manufacturers. Greenpower's all-electric zero-emission vehicles are eligible for various funding programs, vouchers and incentives, including:

• The California HVIP program, and vouchers ranging from $80,000 to $220,000 per Greenpower vehicle;

• British Columbia Specialty Use Vehicle Program

• New York State voucher program

• VW Mitigation Trust Fund

• CARES ACT federal funding

• California Air Quality Management District funding

• Greenpower's EV Star is eligible for FTA funding for up to 80% of the vehicle purchase price

Products

EV Star

The GreenPower EV Star minibus is our flagship model that is a purpose built, zero-emission, multi-utility vehicle capable of a range of up to 150 miles for which we are leveraging strong demand.  The 25-ft EV Star is designed from the ground up to be battery electric and is offered in 4 configurations.  This includes the base model which seats up to 19 passengers and the EV Star Plus, which features a wider body and seats up to 24. Both models can be used for  employee shuttles, micro transit, and vanpool services. The EV Star is the only class 4 electric vehicle that meets Buy America Compliance and is Altoona Tested. The seating layout is customizable to an operator's needs with multiple configurations. The EV Star ADA offers rear or curb-side lifts, and multiple passenger and wheelchair seating configurations for paratransit operations. Additionally, the EV Star CarGo and the EV Star CarGo Plus are both commercially available, zero-emissions delivery solutions.  The EV Star CarGo is a van with a capacity of 570 cubic feet and a payload of up to 6,000 pounds. The CarGo plus has a payload of up to 5,000 pounds and 833 cubic feet of storage with an optional lift gate. Finally, for original equipment manufacturers who wish to use their own body, the EV Star cab and chassis is a purpose-built all electric platform that can be configured with a range of options to serve markets, such as last mile delivery, refuse trucks, and many more.

All EV Star platforms are equipped with both J1772-2 and CCS DC fast charging.  They can fully charge in as little as 2 hours or overnight. The EV Star platform can also be configured with an autonomous option and wireless charging.

EV Transit Bus Line

Launched in 2014, our EV battery-electric transit bus line features multiple models that include the 30-ft EV250, the 40-ft EV350, and the double decker EV550. Our electric buses do not have heavy battery storage or battery charging systems on the roof of the bus which enhances the user experience due to the bus's low center of gravity for steering and maneuvering around corners. This design also offers ease-of-access for maintenance due to the low positioned stainless-steel battery trays that can be accessed without removing panels or the use of elaborate hoist systems to maintain the battery boxes.

EV250

The EV250 is our battery-electric 30-ft low floor transit bus with a passenger capacity of 28 seats plus standees.  It features a monocoque body with a stainless-steel chassis, a GreenPower battery management system, and component integration with quality global suppliers.  The EV250 features a Siemens ELFA traction motor, a 240-kWh battery capacity, and a range of up to 160 miles on a single charge. It is designed to charge using SAE standard chargers that are readily available on the open market and capable of CCS ultra-fast charging.

EV350

The EV350 is our battery-electric 40-ft low floor transit bus with a passenger capacity of 40 seats plus standees.  It features a monocoque body with a stainless-steel chassis, a GreenPower battery management system, and component integration with quality global suppliers.  The EV350 features a Siemens ELFA traction motor, a 430-kWh battery capacity, and a range of up to 220 miles on a single charge. It is designed to charge using SAE standard chargers that are readily available on the open market and capable of CCS ultra-fast charging.

EV550

The EV550 is our battery-electric 45-ft double-decker bus with a passenger capacity of 100 seats plus standees.  It features a monocoque body with a stainless-steel chassis, a GreenPower battery management system, and component integration with quality global suppliers.  The EV550 features a Siemens ELFA traction motor, a 500-kWh battery capacity, and a range of up to 300 miles on a single charge. It is designed to charge using SAE standard chargers that are readily available on the open market and capable of CCS ultra-fast charging.

Synapse Type-D School Bus

GreenPower Synapse Type-D School Bus, marketed under the trade name Battery Electric Automotive School Transportation, or the BEAST, features a clean sheet build that was designed from the ground-up around its electric drive and battery systems.  The body and truss chassis are integrated together to form the composite monocoque structure which provides the benefits of increased strength and a significant weight advantage in comparison to other school buses. Additionally, the design is not limited to the inner frame rails like conventional "body on chassis" school buses which allows for the maximization of interior space.

The GreenPower BEAST is offered in a 40-ft 90 passenger design that features a flat tracked floor that gives the end-user complete seating customization that can be modified with ease. The tracked flooring also allows the end-user to customize how many wheelchair positions are located on the bus and their location.

Standard features include vehicle control stability, air ride suspension, pass-through storage and ABS brakes. With the 194-kWh advanced battery system, the Synapse has a reliable range of greater than 100 miles on a single charge. This is paired with a state of the art TM4 electric drivetrain that has accumulated over one million miles in heavy-duty application.  The standard J1772 Level 2 charging of the Synapse will fully charge the electric school bus in under 7 hours.

Synapse Shuttle

The Synapse Shuttle is our battery-electric, high floor shuttle bus that features a purpose-built design with a monocoque structure providing safety and durability. The Synapse shuttle has a length of 36-ft, and offers seating for over 40 passengers. The shuttle's clean sheet design and flat floor allows easy customization of the interior space that can be set up with various seating, luggage racks, or activity setups, and the pass-through under-carriage offers capacity for storage. The Synapse Shuttle features a range of up to 150 miles on a single charge and can be configured with multiple charging options including Level 2 on-board charging or Level 3 DC fast charging.

Technology

Batteries

The battery pack is a key component with the design, development, and manufacture of advanced electric-vehicle powertrains. Where some other electric vehicle manufacturers build their own battery packs we purchase the batteries in a plug-and-play pack for our designs. This provides us with the flexibility to use different cell manufacturers with different battery chemistries. We believe that the underlying battery cells are a commodity and consequently have designed our products to take full advantage of the best batteries that are available at the time we manufacture our products. The performance of EV battery technology has improved over the past ten years while at the same time the cost of this key component has declined. We anticipate that due to technological advancements and economies of scale that the cost of EV batteries will continue to decline over the next several years.

Powertrains

Our powertrains encompass the complete motor assemblies, computers, and software required for vehicle electrification. We use off-the-shelf proven components such as Siemens for the drive motors for our low floor transit buses and TM4 for our EV Stars or Synapse buses.

Telematics

The telematics system and associated hardware installed in almost all of our vehicles is designed to monitor the controller area network traffic for specific signals. These signals are uploaded along with GPS data to a server facility. The real-time data is stored in a database as it arrives and delivers updates to clients connected through the web interface. The information transmitted to the cloud and stored onboard the vehicle include: vehicle location, vehicle speed, vehicle energy usage, the amount of charge remaining in the battery, vehicle range, general status of the health of vehicle systems, using onboard diagnostics and driver habits monitoring.

Locations and Facilities

Our primary production facility is located at 90 W Poplar, Porterville, California. We occupy a 50,000 sq. ft. facility that is used for the production of our products.  We also have additional space with approximately 20,000 sq. ft. that we use for production and includes offices at 2011 Wildcat Way in Porterville, California.

Our U.S. operations, sales and marketing office is located at 8885 Haven Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Our corporate office is located at 240 - 209 Carrall Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

During the year ended March 31, 2017, we purchased 9.3 acres on Hope Drive in Porterville California which is being financed with a promissory note. We completed the plans for the civil work, obtained a grading permit and have submitted plans for the construction of a 144,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. We are currently determining whether to proceed with construction of this facility.

Marketing

According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, 1,600 battery electric medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles are expected to be sold in the United States in 2020 growing to 227,000 in 2030 and 912,000 in 2040. Bloomberg also predicts that battery electric bus sales will grow from 2,037 in 2020 to over 25,000 in 2030 and 76,000 in 2040. Our sales team is focused on the goal of securing purchase orders from commercial transportation companies, transit operators, government agencies and school districts.

Our priority is to generate customers across all of the sectors we are targeting including transit, shuttle, schools, government and commercial. As we can produce the EV Star in the shortest time compared to any of our other products and given the ease with which we can deploy an EV Star we are focused on growing this business in the short term.  Many of the customers that we have deployed or are targeting with the EV Star also have other buses in their fleet that we can replace with our all-electric buses such as with our low floor transit products or our Synapse Shuttle. Ultimately, we intend to be the best choice for a vehicle in this segment regardless of the fuel type that the customer chooses. Our sales plan is to meet with the top potential customers and obtain purchase orders for new electric vehicles for their production vehicle requirements.

Finally, since our competitive advantage in the marketplace is our ability to provide purpose-built solutions to customers that have unique requirements at relatively low-volume, we are also submitting proposals to companies for purpose-built vehicle applications.

Strategic Relationships

On May 25, 2018, we entered into an agreement with Creative Bus Sales to serve as the primary distributor, except with respect to certain exclusive accounts, in certain states in the United States. Creative Bus Sales will also serve as the sole and exclusive provider of certain repair services and the sole and exclusive distributor of certain vehicle parts in the United States.

We have agreed to work with Momentum to integrate wireless charging into the EV Star. Any sales of EV Stars that incorporate Momentum's wireless technology will be done collaboratively with GreenPower and Momentum. We are also working with Perrone to build a fully autonomous EV Star for the transit market. Any sales of EV Stars that incorporate Perrone's wireless technology will be done collaboratively with GreenPower and Perrone. In July of 2020 we announced that Perrone Robotics is currently integrating autonomous components on an EV Star and once complete that they intend to deliver the vehicle to the Jacksonville Transit Authority to undergo testing for transit applications.

Research and Development

The majority of our research and development is conducted in-house. Additionally, we contract with engineering firms to assist with validation and certification requirements as well as specific vehicle integration tasks. GreenPower's engineers intend to work with Momentum to integrate Momentum's wireless charging technology into the EV Star and with Perrone to build a fully autonomous EV Star for the transit market using Perrone's autonomous vehicle technology.

Competitive Companies

The commercial vehicle market is highly competitive and we expect it to become even more so in the future as additional companies launch competing vehicle offerings. However, the commercial alternative fueled vehicle market is less developed and less competitive.  Competition varies by sector with EV manufacturers that solely offer all-electric buses (such as BYD, Proterra or Lion) or traditional manufacturers of heavy-duty buses who are entering the market with all-electric buses (such as New Flyer or Blue Bird). In addition, companies such as Workhorse (Nasdaq:WKHS), Chanje, Lightning and XOS are competing with Greenpower in the commercial cargo and delivery van market. We compete with Motiv in the OEM electric cab and chassis market, and GreenPower is the only company that offers a purpose built electric cab and chassis as opposed to a gasoline or diesel cab and chassis that has been converted to an electric cab and chassis. 

Some of the key differences between our company and many of our competitors in the heavy-duty bus market is that we use a clean sheet design to offer customers purpose-built solutions.  Many of our competitors use an existing layout and then determine where to place the batteries or the drive motor or in some cases retrofit an existing design and build. Several of GreenPower's competitors have raised significantly more capital than Greenpower and have access to capital well in excess of the current financial resources of GreenPower.

We believe that the primary competitive factors within the medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicle market are:

• the difference in the initial purchase prices of electric vehicles and comparable vehicles powered by internal combustion engines, both including and excluding the impact of government and other subsidies and incentives designed to promote the purchase of electric vehicles;

• the total cost of vehicle ownership over the vehicle's expected life, which includes the initial purchase price and ongoing fuel, operational and maintenance costs;

• vehicle quality, performance and safety;

• access to capital in order to fund the ongoing working capital requirements and growth of the business;

• government regulations and economic incentives promoting fuel efficiency and alternate forms of energy; and

• the quality and availability of service and parts for the vehicle.

Government Regulation

Our electric vehicles are designed to comply with a significant number of governmental regulations and industry standards, some of which are evolving as new technologies are deployed. Government regulations regarding the manufacture, sale and implementation of products and systems similar to our electric vehicles are subject to future change. We cannot predict what impact, if any, such changes may have upon our business.

Emission and fuel economy standards

California legislature has adopted a zero-emission bus program for all California public transit properties called the Innovative Clean Transit Regulation ("ICT"). The ICT regulation was adopted in December 2018 and requires all public transit agencies to gradually transition to a 100 percent zero-emission bus ("ZEB") fleet. Beginning in 2029, 100% of new purchases by transit agencies must be ZEBs, with a goal for full transition by 2040. It applies to all transit agencies that own, operate, or lease buses with a gross vehicle weight rating ("GVWR") greater than 14,000 lbs. It includes standard, articulated, over-the-road, double-decker, and cutaway buses.

On June 27, 2019, the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") approved a rule that will require fixed route airport shuttles serving the state's 13 largest airports to transition to 100 percent zero-emission vehicles by 2035. The regulation affects public and private fleets, including parking facilities, rental car agencies and hotels. This applies to about 1000 Buses and Shuttles.

Government regulation related to climate change is in effect at the U.S. federal and state levels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA") issued a final rule for greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy requirements for trucks and heavy-duty engines on August 9, 2011, which is applicable in model years 2018 through 2020. NHTSA and EPA also issued a final rule on August 16, 2016 increasing the stringency of these standards for model years 2021 through 2027.

The rules provide emission standards for CO2 and fuel consumption standards for three main categories of vehicles: (i) combination tractors, (ii) heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans and (iii) vocational vehicles. We believe that our buses and EV Star Cargo Van would be considered "vocational vehicles" and "heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans" under the rules. According to the EPA and NHTSA, vocational vehicles consist of a wide variety of truck and bus types, including delivery, refuse, utility, dump, cement, transit bus, shuttle bus, school bus, emergency vehicles, motor homes and tow trucks, and are characterized by a complex build process, with an incomplete chassis often built with an engine and transmission purchased from other manufacturers, then sold to a body manufacturer.

The Clean Air Act requires that we obtain a Certificate of Conformity issued by the EPA and a California Executive Order issued by the CARB with respect to emissions for our vehicles. The Certificate of Conformity is required for vehicles sold in states covered by the Clean Air Act's standards and the Executive Order is required for vehicles sold in states that have sought and received a waiver from the EPA to utilize California standards. The California standards for emissions control for certain regulated pollutants for new vehicles and engines sold in California are set by CARB. States that have adopted the California standards as approved by EPA also recognize the Executive Order for sales of vehicles.

Manufacturers who sell vehicles in states covered by federal requirements under the Clean Air Act without a Certificate of Conformity may be subject to penalties of up to $44,539 per violation and be required to recall and remedy any vehicles sold with emissions in excess of Clean Air Act standards. In 2013, we received approval from CARB to sell the E-100 in California based on our own emissions tests.

Vehicle safety and testing

The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (the "Safety Act") regulates motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment in the United States in two primary ways. First, the Safety Act prohibits the sale in the United States of any new vehicle or equipment that does not conform to applicable motor vehicle safety standards established by NHTSA. Meeting or exceeding many safety standards is costly, in part because the standards tend to conflict with the need to reduce vehicle weight in order to meet emissions and fuel economy standards. Second, the Safety Act requires that defects related to motor vehicle safety be remedied through safety recall campaigns. A manufacturer is obligated to recall vehicles if it determines that the vehicles do not comply with a safety standard. Should we or NHTSA determine that either a safety defect or noncompliance exists with respect to any of our vehicles, the cost of such recall campaigns could be substantial.

There is a body of legislation that requires that new model buses be tested before they can be purchased with funds from the US Federal Transportation Authority ("FTA"), and that defines the required testing and provides funding for these federally mandated tests. This legislation includes The Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, Section 317: Bus Testing; the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178); and the Fixing America's Surface Transportation ("FAST") Act. The Larson Transportation Institute's Bus Research and Testing Center, located in Altoona, Pennsylvania is a federally funded bus testing site that administers the required bus tests, covering areas including safety, structural integrity, durability, performance, maintainability, noise, and fuel economy.  GreenPower's EV Star completed the Altoona Test in April 2020, and received an overall score of 92.2, which is the second-highest score for a medium-duty bus as of the date of the report.

Battery safety and testing

Our battery pack configurations are designed to conform to mandatory regulations that govern transport of "dangerous goods," which includes lithium-ion batteries, which may present a risk in transportation. The governing regulations, which are issued by the Pipeline and Hazardous Safety Administration and are based on the UN Recommendations on the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods Model Regulations, and related UN Manual of Tests and Criteria. The requirements for shipments of these goods vary by mode of transportation, such as ocean vessel, rail, truck and air.

Vehicle dealer and distribution regulation

Certain states' laws require motor vehicle manufacturers and dealers to be licensed in such states in order to conduct manufacturing and sales activities. To date, we are registered as a motor vehicle manufacturer in California and as a dealer in California. We have not yet sought formal clarification of our ability to manufacture or sell our vehicles in any other states.

Legal Proceedings

We are not involved in, or aware of, any legal or administrative proceedings contemplated or threatened by any governmental authority or any other party that is likely to have a material adverse effect on our business. As of the date of this prospectus, no director, officer or affiliate is a party adverse to us in any legal proceeding or has an adverse interest to us in any legal proceeding. The Company has filed a civil claim in the province of British Columbia against the former CEO of the Company, Philip Oldridge, and Philip Oldridge has filed a response with a counterclaim against the Company for wrongful dismissal in the Province of British Columbia. A company for which Philip Oldridge is a Director has also filed a suit against the Company and certain employees, officers and directors of the Company in the state of California. These matters are still before the courts and we are unable to determine the outcome. However, at this point we do not believe the matter to be material.

Plan of Operations

As of March 31, 2020 we had approximately $1.7 million available on the line of credit, $0.5 million of cash and restricted cash, and approximately $0.9 million in accounts receivable.  In addition, we had inventory of approximately $6.6 million, $3.8 million of which was finished goods.

We are set up for complete vehicle assembly and are presently planning assembly of EV Stars in Porterville that will enable our company to meet the federal "buy America" standards for these vehicles. We expect only minor purchases of capital equipment over the next 12 months totaling less than $50,000 for the complete assembly of vehicles in Porterville. We are also working on preparing our facility for the complete assembly of our EV Star Transit Plus and a prototype of a forty-foot ninety passenger Type D school bus. The production capacity from the existing facility is approximately 15 EV Stars per month and is expected to increase to 30 by calendar year end 2020.

GreenPower maintains relationships with several certified contract manufacturing partners who are capable of manufacturing GreenPower's full-range of vehicles whose production is overseen by on-site Greenpower inspectors to ensure the vehicles are built to consistent quality standards. The contract manufacturers are capable of producing 50 additional EV Stars and 100 Cab and Chassis units per month by calendar year-end 2020. These manufacturing partners hedge against exposure to potential supply chain disruptions and offer flexible factory infrastructure which allows Greenpower to meet Buy America complete assembly standards, and higher volume production non-Buy America manufacturing, or a blend of both simultaneously.

Our current leased facilities in Porterville are sufficient for our current level of production of EV Stars. Our company owns a 9.3 acre parcel of land in the City of Porterville and have obtained permits from the City of Porterville to build a 144,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility on this property. We have not made a final decision to proceed with the project and are evaluating alternative ways to increase capacity, including leasing additional space. To date, this development and other principal capital expenditures have been funded with capital which has been sourced from our company's sale of convertible debentures, warrants and common shares, proceeds from the exercise of warrants for common shares, loans from our CEO, and from our company's operating credit line with the Bank of Montreal, the credit limit of which was increased from $5 million to up to $8 million in January 2020.

We will need to hire additional staff for the increased production of vehicles as well as for several other requirements including Engineering, QA/QC, Production Planning, Project Management and Procurement personnel.

We received the final report from the federally sponsored Altoona testing of our EV Star in April 2020. This structural and durability test is required for the use of Federal Transit Administration funding. In addition, we are currently undergoing FMVSS brake tests required for the EV Star, which we expect to complete in the next 3 months, at an estimated cost of approximately $90,000.

We anticipate that we will need to raise additional capital over the next several months to fund our growth objectives, develop new products, to manufacture an EV Star that meets "Buy America" standards, expand our production capacity, and hire additional staff. We will continue to evaluate capital and bank market conditions, and may seek to raise debt or equity capital, depending on overall market conditions and pricing.

Organizational Structure

GreenPower Motor Company Inc. is incorporated in the Province of British Columbia, Canada and has the following wholly-owned subsidiaries:

1. GP GreenPower Industries Inc. (incorporated in the Province of British Columbia, Canada)

2. GreenPower Motor Company, Inc. (incorporated in the State of Delaware, and registered to do business in the State of California)

3. 0939181 B.C. Ltd. (incorporated in the Province of British Columbia, Canada)

4. San Joaquin Valley Equipment Leasing Inc. (formerly, Utah Manganese, Inc.) (incorporated in the State of  Utah and registered to do business in the State of California)

5. 0999314 B.C. Ltd. (incorporated in the Province of British Columbia, Canada)

6. Electric Vehicle Logistics Inc. (incorporated in the State of Nevada during May 2020)

Property, Plants and Equipment

We maintain our corporate office at a leased property at 240-209 Carrall Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 2J2, Canada. We first entered into a three-year lease of this office on January 24, 2014, and subsequently renewed the lease for a term of 3 years, and on January 31, 2020 we renewed the lease for a term of 6 months. The office space is 869 square feet, and current annual rent is CDN$32.00 per square foot plus a pro-rata share of operating costs and property taxes. We are not allowed to assign or sub-lease the premises without the written consent of the landlord.

We maintain an office for the U.S. operations, sales, marketing and support at a leased property at 8885 Haven Avenue, Suite 150, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. The current sub-lease commenced on February 1, 2019 and expires on August 31, 2021. The monthly rent under the agreement is $4,785.03 per month prior to scheduled annual increases, plus a pro-rata share of operating costs and property taxes.

We maintain two leased properties in the City of Porterville that are used for assembly and manufacturing. One facility is approximately 20,000 square feet and is located at 2011 Wildcat Way, Porterville, CA 93527. The original lease was entered into on August 1, 2018 and terminated on August 1, 2019. The current lease on this property commenced August 1, 2019, and terminates August 1, 2022. Rent is $5,000 per month for the first year of the lease, $5,100 per month for the second year of the lease and $5,200 per month for the third year of the lease. We also lease a second manufacturing facility and assembly facility of approximately 50,000 square feet located at 90 West Poplar, Porterville, CA, 93257 which commenced on October 1, 2018 and ends on September 30, 2022 with the option to extend the lease for an additional three years. The initial monthly rent is $12,318 until September 2019, increasing to $13,344 between October 2019 and September 2021, and increasing to $14,370 between October 2021 and September 2022. Under the terms of this lease we are also responsible for a pro-rata portion of operating costs and property taxes.

The principal capital expenditures of our company have been investments in a 9.3 acre parcel of land in the City of Porterville (carrying value of $800,717 as at March 31, 2020) and in electric buses and EV equipment (one Synapse shuttle, three EV 350 buses and ancillary equipment) (carrying value of $842,868 as at March 31, 2020). One of the EV 350 buses is currently being leased to customers. All four of the buses are located in California. We have obtained building permits from the City of Porterville to develop a manufacturing facility and office building on the land in Porterville, however we have not made a final decision to proceed with the project and are evaluating alternative ways to increase capacity, including leasing additional space. To date, our principal capital expenditures have been funded with capital which has been sourced from our company's sale of convertible debentures, warrants and common shares, proceeds from the exercise of warrants for common shares, loans from related parties, and from our company's $8 million operating credit line with the Bank of Montreal.

Employees

As of March 31, 2018, 2019, and 2020 we had 14, 24, and 48 employees, respectively. Our employees are not members of a labor union.

Our workforce is based out of our corporate office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, our sales office in Rancho Cucamonga, California and our manufacturing facilities based in Porterville, California.

The breakdown of full-time employees by main category of activity and geographic location, as at March 31, 2020 is as follows:

Selected Financial Data

The following information represents selected financial information for our company for the years ended March 31, 2020, March 31, 2019, and March 31, 2018, from our audited financial statements. The summarized financial information presented below is derived from and should be read in conjunction with our financial statements, including the notes to those financial statements which are included elsewhere in this prospectus along with the section entitled "Operating and Financial Review and Prospects" beginning on page 42 of this prospectus.

1 - "Expenses", as defined above, reflects the total sales, general and administrative costs plus interest and accretion, plus the foreign exchange gain.
2 -  Loss per common share, basic and diluted presented on a Pre-Split basis.

Use of Proceeds

We estimate that the net proceeds to us from this offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, and the estimated offering expenses payable by us, will be approximately $34,385,626 (or approximately $39,575,026 if the underwriter's option to purchase addition common shares is exercised in full), assuming an public offering price of $20.00 per common share.

We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering in the production of all-electric vehicles, including EV Stars, EV Star plus, EV Star cab and chassis, Synapse school buses, and EV 250 thirty-foot low floor transit style buses, as well as for product development and geographic expansion, with the remainder, if any, for working capital.

Pending our use of the net proceeds as described above, we may invest the net proceeds in short-term bank deposits or interest-bearing, investment-grade securities.

The foregoing represents our current intentions with respect to the use and allocation of the net proceeds of this offering based upon our present plans and business conditions, but our management will have significant flexibility and discretion in applying the net proceeds. The occurrence of unforeseen events or changed business conditions could result in the application of the net proceeds of this offering in a manner other than as described above.

Capitalization and Indebtedness

Our authorized capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value and an unlimited number of preferred shares without par value. As of August 27, 2020, we had 16,398,726 common shares issued and outstanding and no preferred shares issued and outstanding.

As of August 27, 2020 we had outstanding convertible debentures in the aggregate principal amount of CDN$4,926000, CDN$1,900,000 that mature on May 17, 2021, CDN$50,000 that mature on May 31, 2021, CDN$1,476,000 that mature on September 25, 2021 and CDN$1,500,000 that mature on October 12, 2021 which includes CDN$3,125,000 held by insiders of our company, of which CDN$50,000 is held by two trust companies whose beneficiaries are related to our Chairman and CEO.  On July 3, 2020 we announced that we will no longer be proceeding with the previously announced request to the TSX Venture Exchange for the temporary reduction of the conversion price of our convertible debentures for a thirty-day period.

The table below sets forth our total indebtedness and shows the capitalization of our company as of March 31, 2020 on an actual basis and on an as adjusted basis to give effect to the issuance of the aggregate of 1,860,000 common shares under the offering, based on our audited financial statements for the year-ended March 31, 2020. You should read this table in conjunction with our audited financial statements, together with the accompanying notes and the other information appearing under the heading "Operating and Financial Review and Prospects" beginning on page 27 of this prospectus.

As at March 31, 2020

The information above is illustrative only.

Notes:

⁽¹⁾ The As Adjusted column gives effect to the issuance of the aggregate of 1,860,000 common shares at a public offering price of $20.00 per share and reflects the application of the proceeds after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and our estimated offering expenses.

⁽²⁾ Secured and unguaranteed debt includes the promissory note payable and $2,700,625 of loans payable to related parties as at March 31, 2020.

⁽³⁾ Unsecured and unguaranteed debt includes the note payable, lease liabilities, and the liability portion of convertible debentures.

Dilution

If you invest in the common shares offered in this offering, your interest will be diluted immediately to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per common share and the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our common share after this offering. As of March 31, 2020, our net tangible book value was $(1,174,956), or $(0.08) per common share after giving effect to the one to seven reverse stock split that we intend to complete before the offering. Our net tangible book value per common share is equal to total assets less intangible assets and total liabilities, divided by the number of our outstanding common shares. Net tangible book value dilution per share represents the difference between the amount per common share paid by the new investors who purchase common shares in this offering and the pro forma net tangible book value per common share immediately after completion of this offering.  After giving effect to the assumed sale of 1,860,000 common shares at an assumed public offering price of $20.00 per share, excluding the exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional common shares, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our pro forma net tangible book value as of March 31, 2020 would have been approximately $33,210,670, or $1.91 per share.  This represents an immediate increase of net tangible book value of approximately $1.99 per share to our existing shareholders and an immediate dilution in net tangible book value of approximately $18.09 per share to purchasers of common shares in this offering.  The following table illustrates this per share dilution:

The table and discussion above are based on 15,486,750 common shares outstanding as of March 31, 2020, which reflect the one to seven reverse stock split we will affect on August 28, 2020, and do not include the following securities outstanding as at March 31, 2020, which also reflect the one to seven reverse stock split:

• 1,018,500 common shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options;

• 4,070,081 common shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants; and

• 1,703,241 common shares issuable upon conversion of convertible debentures.

If the Underwriters exercise their over-allotment in full in this offering, the pro-forma, as adjusted, net tangible book value after the offering would be $2.18  per share, the increase in pro-forma, net tangible book value per share to existing shareholders would be $2.25 and the dilution in net tangible book value per share to new investors would be $17.82 per share.

The above illustration of dilution in net tangible book value per share to new investors participating in this offering assumes no exercise of outstanding options or warrants to purchase our common shares and no conversion of our convertible debentures. The exercise of outstanding options and warrants having an exercise price less than the initial public offering price or the conversion of convertible debentures for no additional consideration will increase dilution to new investors. In addition, we may choose to raise additional capital depending on market conditions, our capital requirements and strategic considerations, even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the issuance of these securities could result in further dilution to our shareholders.

Operating and Financial Review and Prospects

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements for the years ended March 31, 2020, March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018 and related notes, included in this prospectus. Our audited financial statements for the years ended March 31, 2020, March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018 included in this prospectus were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board. Further, all of the share and per-share information in this section is presented on a Pre-Split basis.

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with these accounting principles requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent liabilities at the financial statement date and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. On an on-going basis we review our estimates and assumptions. The estimates were based on historical experience and other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results are likely to differ from those estimates or other forward-looking statements under different assumptions or conditions, but we do not believe such differences will materially affect our financial position or results of operations. Our actual results may differ materially as a result of many factors, including those set forth under the headings entitled "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" herein.

Critical accounting policies, the policies we believe are most important to the presentation of our consolidated financial statements and require the most difficult, subjective and complex judgments, are outlined below under the heading "Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates".

Nature and Continuance of Operations

GreenPower was incorporated in the Province of British Columbia on September 18, 2007. The Company is in the business of manufacturing and distributing all-electric transit, school and charter buses.

The primary office is located at Suite 240-209 Carrall St., Vancouver, Canada.

The Company's continuing operations are dependent upon its ability to raise capital and generate cash flows. At March 31, 2020, the Company had working capital of $743,131 and an accumulated deficit of $23,852,634. These consolidated financial statements contained herein do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue in existence. The continuation of the Company as a going concern is dependent on future cash flows from operations including the successful sale and manufacture of electric buses to achieve a profitable level of operations and obtaining necessary financing to fund ongoing operations. To this end, the Company has now delivered and received payment for all-electric buses to customers, has a backlog of orders for delivery, and has a line of credit with a credit limit of up to $8 million to meet funding requirements. The Company's ability to achieve its business objectives is subject to material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt upon the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

The Company faces risks from the COVID-19 global pandemic which has had, and will continue to have, a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition. The future impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic is inherently uncertain, and is expected to negatively impact the financial ability of our customers to purchase vehicles from us, of our suppliers ability to deliver products used in the manufacture of our all-electric vehicles in a timely manner, if at all, in our employees' ability to manufacture our vehicles and to carry out their other duties in order to sustain our business, and in our ability to collect certain receivables owing to us, among other factors. In addition, COVID-19 has caused a significant reduction in public transit ridership, which is one of the primary market segments served by Greenpower, which may lead to reduced future sales to this segment, as transit properties adjust to changing demand for their services. we have taken steps to modify our business and staffing levels in order to manage impacts caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic and resulting government and regulatory health orders, these factors are expected to continue to have a negative impact on our financial results, operations, outlook, goals, growth prospects, cash flows, liquidity and share price, and the potential timing and ultimate duration of these negative impacts is uncertain.

Operating Results

The following table summarizes selected financial data for our company for the years ended March 31, 2020, March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018 from our audited consolidated financial statements. The information in this table should be read in conjunction with the Audited consolidated financial statements and notes beginning on page F-1.

1 - "Expenses", as defined above, reflects the total sales, general and administrative costs plus interest and accretion, plus the foreign exchange gain.
2 - Loss per common share, basic and diluted presented on a Pre-Split basis.

Revenue and Gross Profit

Revenue for the year ended March 31, 2020 of $13,500,403, a 122% increase from the prior year, was generated from the delivery of 68 buses, including the sale of 38 EV Stars, 4 Synapse school buses, and 2 EV 350s, as well as from the lease of 24 EV Stars, from lease income, and from the sale of parts and supplies.  The sales and leases during the year were to customers including San Diego Airport Parking, Creative Bus Sales, Sacramento Regional Transit, Green Commuter, Creative Bus Sales, The City of Porterville, and others, and included follow-on orders for several of these customers. Revenue during the year ended March 31, 2019 of $6,082,561 was generated from the delivery of 14 buses, including the sale of 5 EV Stars and 6 EV 350s as well as from the lease of one EV 250 and 2 EV 350s. Revenue for the year ended March 31, 2018 of $3,516,156 was generated from the sales of two EV550's and two EV 350's, and from the lease of an EV 550.

Cost of sales during the year ended March 31, 2020 was $9,447,578  (2019 - 4,224,419, 2018 - $2,267,765) yielding a gross profit of $4,052,825 (2019 - $1,858,142, 2018 - $1,248,391), and a gross profit margin of 30.0% (2019 - 30.5%, 2018 - 35.5%).

Cost of Sales

For the year ended March 31, 2020 Cost of Sales included chassis and assembly costs of $4,263,576 (2019 -$1,854,667, 2018 - $946,628), and represented 45.1% of Cost of Sales (2019 - 43.9%, 2018 - 41.7%). Battery costs in Cost of Sales totalled $2,329,502 (2019 - $1,090,122, 2018 - $794,234) and represented 24.7% of Cost of Sales (2019 - 25.8%, 2018 - 35.0%). Bus parts in Cost of Sales totaled $601,911 (2019 - $515,618, 2018 - $228,099) and represented 6.4% of Cost of Sales (2019 - 12.2%, 2018 - 10.1%). Freight and customs in Cost of Sales totaled $1,144,021 (2019 - $258,437, 2018 - $106,844) and represented 12.1% of Cost of Sales (2019 - 6.1%, 2018 - 4.7%. The other components of Cost of Sales represented between 8.5% and 12.0% of Cost of Sales in each of the three periods.

The change in the various components of Cost of Sales between the years ended March 31, 2020, March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018 was primarily driven by changes in product mix. During the year ended March 31, 2020 we sold 38 EV Stars, 4 Synapse school buses, 2 EV 350s, and parts and supplies and leased 24 EV Stars, whereas the year ended March 31, 2019 included sales of five EV Stars and six EV 350s, and leases of two EV 350s and one EV 250, and during March 31, 2018 we sold two EV 550s and two EV 350s and generated lease income from the lease of an EV 550. The higher cost of batteries as a percentage of Cost of Sales for EV 550s compared to other products was a contributing factor to the higher relative cost of batteries as a percentage of Cost of Sales in the year ended March 31, 2018 compared to the years ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019. Freight and customs represented a much higher portion of Cost of Sales in the year ended March 31, 2020 compared to March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018 primarily due to increased tariff costs in the year ended March 31, 2020 on goods imported to the United States from China.

Expenses

During the year ended March 31, 2020, we generated a loss from operations of ($4,922,047) compared to ($4,465,920) during the year ended March 31, 2019 and ($3,355,323) during the year ended March 31, 2018, and we generated a total comprehensive loss of ($5,166,790) during the year ended March 31, 2020 compared to ($4,567,842) during March 31, 2019 and ($2,752,826) during March 31, 2018.

For the year ended March 31, 2020, expenses totaled $8,974,872, compared to $6,324,062 for the year ended March 31, 2019 and $4,603,714 for the year ended March 31, 2018. The major components of expenses during these three periods are described further below.

Administrative fees totaled $3,710,618 for the year ended March 31, 2020 compared to $2,144,423 for the year ended March 31, 2019 and $1,231,041 for the year ended March 31, 2018. The increase in administrative fees over these periods was primarily driven by increases in the number of Greenpower's employees. Greenpower had a total of 48 employees as at March 31, 2020, 24 employees as at March 31, 2019, and 14 employees as at March 31, 2018.

Interest and accretion expense totaled $2,133,824 for the year ended March 31, 2020, $1,400,923 for the year ended March 31, 2019, and $563,411 for the year ended March 31, 2018. Interest and accretion expense is comprised of accrued and paid interest on GreenPower's operating line of credit, convertible debentures, promissory note payable, lease liabilities, note payable, and loans from related parties, as well as accretion on the convertible debentures, and amortization of warrants granted to the CEO and Chairman and Director for providing personal guarantees on the Company's operating line of credit. This expense has increased over time in line with increases in the Company's borrowing activities over the same period.

Product development costs totaled $973,146 for the year ended March 31, 2020, compared to $437,208 for the year ended March 31, 2019 and $251,826 for the year ended March 31, 2018. The increase in product development costs was primarily driven by costs relating to the development of GreenPower's various categories of all-electric vehicles, which have increased over the period.

Sales and marketing expenses totaled $549,750 in the year ended March 31, 2020, $417,111 in the year ended March 31, 2019, and $404,610 in the year ended March 31, 2018. These costs include salaries for employees engaged in sales and marketing activities, and selling and marketing costs including attendance at trade shows, industry event sponsorships, and related sales and marketing activities, and have increased in each of the last three years due to increased activity in these areas.

Share-based payments expense totaled $308,106 in the year ended March 31, 2020, $332,741 in the year ended March 31, 2019 and $744,801 in the year ended March 31, 2018. These expenses relate to the non-cash amortization of the cost of stock options granted to directors, officers, employees and consultants that are recognized over time based on the stock options' vesting terms and director, officer, and employee turnover.

Transportation costs for the year ended March 31, 2020 totaled $255,535 (2019 - $263,164, 2018 - $229,637), and relate to the use of trucks, trailers, tractors as well as other operational costs needed to transport company products around North America.

Professional fees for the year ended March 31, 2020 totaled $303,541, (2019 - $324,577, 2018 - 170,153) and consist of legal and audit fees.

Other operating expenses during the year ended March 31, 2020 were comprised of depreciation of $578,555 (2019 - $516,208, 2018 - $525,228), office expenses of $206,035, (2019 - $241,824, 2018 - $185,847), and an allowance for credit losses of $46,447 (2019 - $nil, 2018 - $nil) that were partially offset by non-cash foreign exchange gains that totaled $439,209 in the year ended March 31, 2020 (2019 - $52,445, 2018 - $18,396), resulting in a loss from operations for the year ended March 31, 2020 of ($4,922,047) (2019 - ($4,465,920), 2018 - ($3,355,323)).

For the year ended March 31, 2020, after recognition of a write down of assets of $223,919 (2019 - $78,231, 2018 - $28,817), recognition of an income tax recovery of $nil (2019 - $nil, 2018 - $610,000) and a cumulative translation reserve of ($20,824), (2019 - ($23,691), 2018 - $21,314) resulted in a consolidated net comprehensive loss of ($5,166,790), (2019 - ($4,567,842), 2018 - ($2,752,826)).

Liquidity

At March 31, 2020, we had a cash and restricted cash balance of $451,605, available funds on our Line of Credit of $1,737,056 and working capital of $743,131. The availability of the credit limit over $5,000,000 is subject to margin requirements of a percentage of finished goods inventory and accounts receivable, and these margins are tested on a monthly basis. In response to the uncertainties brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, we took several steps after the year ended March 31, 2020 to retain financial liquidity and manage the impact of these events. Steps taken by management include: the temporary reduction in salaries of certain employees including a 30% salary reduction by the CEO, the temporary postponement of interest payments on convertible debentures held by insiders, and the securing of funds and grants under programs offered in Canada and the US, including the SBA's PPP program.

We manage our capital structure and make adjustments to it over time based on our available funds.  During the year ended March 31, 2020, we secured an increase in the maximum available credit limit available on our operating line of credit to up to $8 million, from $5 million previously. We will continue to rely on additional financings and the sale of its inventory to further its operations and meet its capital requirements to manufacture EV vehicles and further develop its sales and marketing, engineering, and technical resources.

Capital Resources

Year ended March 31, 2020 and up to the date of this prospectus

Authorized: Unlimited number of common shares without par value

Authorized: Unlimited number of preferred shares without par value

As at March 31, 2020, the Company had the following outstanding convertible debentures all with an 8% interest rate and a term of four years. The Convertible Debentures have effective rates ranging from 28.3% - 38.5%. Subsequent to year end CDN$145,000 worth of debentures (issued on October 12, 2017) were converted into 362,500 common shares with a conversion price of CDN$0.40.

On July 19, 2019 CDN $50,000 worth of debentures (issued on October 16, 2017) were converted into 125,000 common shares with a conversion price of CDN$0.40.

On February 27, 2018, CDN$100,000 worth of debentures (issued on October 16, 2017) were converted into 250,000 common shares with a conversion price of CDN$0.40.

On June 18, 2018, CDN$100,000 worth of debentures (issued on October 16, 2017) were converted into 250,000 common shares at a conversion price of CDN$0.40.

On December 11, 2018, the convertible debentures issued on December 11, 2015, with a remaining balance prior to maturity of CDN $717,000 matured. Prior to maturity, CDN $40,000 worth of debentures from this series were converted into 100,000 common shares at a conversion price of CDN $0.40 per share. CDN $37,000 of the debentures were repaid during December 2018. The remaining balance of CDN $680,000 was transferred to a Note Payable, CDN $300,000 of which was repaid during January 2019 and CDN $365,000 was repaid during the quarter ended March 31, 2020. The Note Payable accrued interest at 12% per annum.

During the year ended March 31, 2020, the Company paid interest of $343,722 (March 31, 2019 - $393,043, and March 31, 2018 - $276,957) and recognized accretion of $548,882 (March 31, 2019 - $469,725, March 31, 2018 - $275,523) related to its issued and outstanding convertible debentures.

The Company has an incentive stock option plan whereby it grants options to directors, officers, employees, and consultants of the Company. On May 14, 2019, the Company replaced its Fixed Stock Option Plan (the "2016 Plan") with a Rolling Stock Option Plan (the "2019 Plan"). Under the terms of the 2019 Plan, the aggregate number of Options that can be granted under the 2019 Plan cannot exceed ten (10%) of the total number of issued and outstanding Shares, calculated on a non-diluted basis. The exercise price of options granted under the 2019 Plan may not be less than the minimum prevailing price permitted by the TSXV policies with a maximum term of 10 years.

On March 9, 2016, the shareholders approved the previous stock option plan which allowed for the issuance of up to 10,440,790 shares (the "2016 Plan"). The exercise price of options granted under the 2016 Plan could not be less than the minimum prevailing price permitted by the TSXV policies with a maximum term of 10 years.  Prior to the adoption of the 2016 Plan, the Company had adopted an incentive stock option plan (the "Plan"), whereby it could grant options to directors, officers, employees, and consultants of the Company.

On March 30, 2017, the shareholders approved an increase in the number of common shares available for issuance under the 2016 Plan from 10,440,790 to 13,656,367. On May 4, 2018, the number available for issuance was further increased to 14,909,992.

The Company had the following incentive stock options granted under the 2019 Plan, 2016 Plan, and Plan that are issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2020:

1.  150,000 options exercisable at CAD $0.60 per share expired unexercised on May 26, 2020 and 50,000      options exercisable at CAD $0.55 per share expired unexercised on July 10, 2020.

As at March 31, 2020, there were 3,711,225 options available for issuance under the 2019 Stock Option Plan.

During the twelve-month period ended March 31, 2020, the Company incurred share-based compensation expense with a measured fair value of $308,106. The fair value of the options granted and vested were recorded as share-based payments on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

On January 30, 2020, the Company granted:

• 1,650,000 options to directors and officers with an exercise price of CDN$0.37 per share which vest 25% after 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months and with a term of five years.

• 585,000 options to employees with an exercise price of CDN$0.37 per share which vest 25% after 4 months and then 25% after years 1, 2 & 3, and with a term of five years.

• 125,000 options to a consultant with an exercise price of CDN$0.37 per share which vest 25% after 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months, and with a term of two years.

• 50,000 options to a consultant (IR provider) with an exercise price of CDN$0.37 per share which vest 25% after 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months and with a term of two years.

The Company had the following incentive stock options granted under its Plan and 2016 Plan that are issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019:

During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Company incurred share-based compensation expense with a measured fair value of $332,741. The fair value of the options granted and vested were recorded as share-based payments on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

On May 4, 2018, the Company granted:

• 500,000 options to directors with an exercise price of CDN$0.50 per share which vest 25% after 4 months and then 25% after 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months and with a term of five years.

• 130,000 options to employees with an exercise price of CDN$0.50 per share which vest 25% after 4 months and then 25% after years 1, 2 & 3, and with a term of five years.

On November 30, 2018 the Company granted 350,000 options to the Chief Financial Officer with an exercise price of CDN$0.43 per share which vest 25% after 4 months, 25% after year 1 and 50% after year 2, and with a term of 5 years.

On February 12, 2019 the Company granted:

• 600,000 options to directors and an officer of the Company with an exercise price of CDN$0.50 per share which vest 25% after 4 months and then 25% after 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months and with a term of five years.

• 50,000 options to employees with an exercise price of CDN$0.50 per share which vest 25% after 4 months and then 25% after years 1, 2 & 3, and with a term of five years.

The Company had the following incentive stock options granted under its Plan and 2016 Plan that were issued and outstanding at March 31, 2018:

During the year ended March 31, 2018, the Company incurred share-based compensation expense to employees, advisors, and directors with a measured fair value of $744,801. The fair value of the options granted and vested were recorded as share-based payments on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

On May 26, 2017, the Company granted:

• 1,037,500 options to Directors with an exercise price of CDN$0.75 per share with a term of 5 years.  The options fully vest on the grant date.

• 100,000 options to an advisor with an exercise price of CDN$0.60 per share with a term of 3 years.  The options fully vest on the grant date.

• 200,000 options to an employee with an exercise price of CDN$0.60 per share which vest 25% after 4 months and then 25% after years 1, 2 & 3, and with a term of five years.

• 50,000 options to a consultant (IR provider) with an exercise price of CDN$0.60 per share which vest 25% at the end of every 3 months for a period of twelve months and with a term of 3 years.

• On July 10, 2017, the Company granted 50,000 stock options to a consultant (IR provider). The options have an exercise price of CDN$0.55 per share which vest 25% at the end of every 3 months for a period of twelve months and with a term of 3 years.

• On December 18, 2017, the Company granted 260,000 stock options to employees and a consultant. The options have an exercise price of CDN$0.45 per share which vest 25% after 4 months and then 25% after years 1, 2 & 3, and with a term of five years.

The weighted average share price on the exercise dates was CDN $0.31 (2019 - CDN $0.49, 2018-CDN $0.50).

The following weighted-average assumptions were used for the Black-Scholes valuation of stock option grants:

⁽¹⁾ Expected volatility was determined by reference to historical volatility.

Cash Flows

Operating activities

Net cash used in operating activities amounted to $5.1 million for the year ended March 31, 2020. We generated a loss for the year of $5.1 million, which included approximately $1.9 million in non-cash depreciation, share based payments, accretion and accrued interest, amortization of deferred financing fees, foreign exchange gain, allowance for credit losses, and write down of assets. In addition, we made investments in working capital, including inventory of $2.7 million which was partially offset by collection of accounts receivable of $404,430, an increase in accounts payable of $290,515, and an increase in the warranty liability of $358,576.

Net cash used in operating activities amounted to $5.9 million for the year ended March 31, 2019. We generated a loss for the year of $4.5 million, which included approximately $1.6 million in non-cash depreciation, share based payments, accretion and accrued interest, amortization of deferred financing fees, foreign exchange gain, allowance for credit losses, and write down of assets.. In addition, we made investments in working capital, including inventory of $2.0 million and an increase in accounts receivable of $1.2 million.

Net cash used in operating activities amounted to $3.9 million for the year ended March 31, 2018. During the year, we generated a loss for the year of $2.8 million, which included approximately $0.9 million in non-cash depreciation, share based payments, accretion and accrued interest, foreign exchange gain, allowance for credit losses, and write down of assets.. In addition, we made inventory investments of $2.2 million during the year.

Investing activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $161,860 for the year ended March 31, 2020 and was comprised in investments in EV equipment, automobiles, computers, leasehold improvements and other items.

Net cash provided by investing activities amounted to $179,585 for the year ended March 31, 2019, which was generated from government grant proceeds of $319,635, net of investments in property and equipment and security deposits totaling $140,050.

Net cash used in investing activities was $365,664 for the year ended March 31, 2018, and was comprised of purchases of electric buses and EV equipment.

Financing activities

Net cash provided by financing activities amounted to $5.5 million for the year-ended March 31, 2020 primarily due to proceeds of $4.0 million from a private placement offset by issuance costs and other factors, as well as loans from related parties net of repayments of $1.3 million, and proceeds from the line of credit of $1.1 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities amounted to $5.0 million for the year ended March 31, 2019, which was generated from proceeds from line of credit of $4.4 million, loans from related parties of $1.0 million, and exercise of stock options, net of repayments of convertible debentures, loans to related parties, promissory note and lease liabilities.

Net cash provided by financing activities amounted to $5.2 million for the year ended March 31, 2018, which was generated from issuances of convertible debentures totaling $4.5 million, loans from related parties net of repayments of $0.5 million, proceeds from exercise of stock options of $0.3 million, net of financing activity costs and payments.

Application of Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with applicable generally accepted accounting principles requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.

Our management routinely makes judgements and estimates about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain. As the number of variables and assumptions affecting the probable future resolution of the uncertainties increase, these judgements become even more subjective and complex. We have identified certain accounting policies, described below, that are the most important to the portrayal of our current financial condition and results of operations. Our significant accounting policies are disclosed in our consolidated financial statements included in this prospectus.

Basis of presentation

Statement of Compliance with IFRS

Our annual consolidated financial statements for the years ended March 31, 2020, March 31, 2019, and March 31, 2018 were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB"), and interpretations of the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee ("IFRIC"). These consolidated financial statements are presented on a historical cost basis, except for financial instruments classified as fair value through profit or loss ("FVTPL") or as fair value through other comprehensive income ("FVOCI"), in U.S. dollars. In addition, these consolidated financial statements have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting, except for cash flow information. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements in compliance with IFRS requires management to make certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying our company's accounting policies.

Basis of consolidation

Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of our company and all of its wholly-owned subsidiaries:

All intercompany balances, transactions, revenues and expenses are eliminated upon consolidation. Certain information and note disclosures which are considered material to the understanding of our consolidated financial statements are provided below.

Subsidiaries are consolidated from the date of acquisition, being the date on which we obtain control, and continue to be consolidated until the date when such control ceases. Control exists when we have the power, directly or indirectly, to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities. The financial statements of the subsidiaries are prepared for the same reporting period as the parent company, using consistent accounting policies.

Financial instruments

Classification

IFRS 9 requires a company to classify its financial instruments based on the way they are measured, into one of three categories: Amortized Cost, FVTPL, and FVOCI. In determining the appropriate category for financial assets, a company must consider whether it intends to hold the financial assets and collect the contractual cash flows or to collect the cash flows and sell financial assets (the "business model test") and whether the contractual cash flows of an asset are solely payments of principal and interest (the "SPPI test").

i. Amortized Cost

All of the Company's financial instruments, initially recognized at fair value, are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method. Transaction costs are included in the initial fair value measurement of the financial instruments, and the Company incorporates the expected credit loss in financial assets on a forward-looking basis. The Company will, at a minimum, recognize 12 month expected losses in profit or loss, and if a significant increase in credit risk occurs after initial recognition, lifetime expected losses will be recognized.

The Company has issued convertible debentures that can be converted into shares of the Company at the option of the holder, and the number of shares to be issued does not vary with changes in their fair value. The liability component of a compound financial instrument is recognized initially at the fair value of a similar liability that does not have an equity conversion option. The equity component is recognized initially as the difference between the fair value of the compound financial instrument as a whole and the fair value of the liability component.  Any directly attributable transaction costs are allocated to the liability and equity components in proportion to their initial carrying amounts.

Subsequent to the initial recognition, the liability component of a compound financial instrument is measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The equity component of a compound financial instrument is not re-measured subsequent to initial recognition. Interest, dividends, losses and gains relating to the financial liability are recognized in profit or loss. When the conversion option is exercised, the consideration received is recorded as share capital and the equity component of the compound financial instrument is transferred to share capital.

When the Company extinguishes convertible debentures before maturity through early redemption or repurchase where the conversion option is unchanged, the Company allocates the consideration paid and any transaction costs for the repurchase or redemption to the liability and equity components of the instrument at the date of settlement. The method used in allocating the consideration paid and transaction costs to the separate components is consistent with the method used in the original allocation to the separate components of the proceeds received by the entity when the convertible instrument was issued. The amount of gain or loss relating to the early redemption or repurchase of the liability component is recognized in profit or loss. The amount of consideration relating to the equity component is recognized in equity.

ii. FVTPL

Financial liabilities classified as FVTPL are measured at fair value with unrealized gains and losses recognized through the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company did not have any liabilities classified as FVTPL as at March 31, 2020, and March 31, 2019.

Derivative financial assets and liabilities are initially recognized at their fair value on the date the derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value at each reporting period with changes in the fair value recognized in profit and loss. Derivative financial assets and liabilities include warrants purchased or issued by the Company denominated in a currency other than the Company's functional currency. As at March 31, 2020, and March 31, 2019, the Company did not have any derivative financial assets or liabilities.

iii.  FVOCI

Certain debt instrument assets must be classified as FVOCI unless the option to FVTPL is taken and the FVOCI classification is an election for equity assets. The Company did not have any debt or equity assets classified as FVOCI as at March 31, 2020, and March 31, 2019.

For debt instruments measured at FVOCI, interest income (calculated using the effective interest rate method), foreign currency gains or losses and impairment gains or losses are recognized directly in profit or loss. The difference between cumulative fair value gains or losses and the cumulative amounts recognized in profit or loss is recognized in OCI until derecognition, when the amounts in OCI are reclassified to profit or loss. For equity instruments designated as FVOCI only dividend income is recognized in profit or loss with all other gains and losses recognized in OCI and there is no reclassification on derecognition.

Measurement

All of the Company's financial instruments, initially recognized at fair value, are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method. Transaction costs are included in the initial fair value measurement of the financial instruments.

Impairment

The Company assesses on a forward-looking basis the expected credit loss associated with financial assets measured at amortized cost. The impairment methodology applied depends on whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk. For trade receivables, the Company applies the simplified approach permitted by IFRS 9, which requires expected lifetime losses to be recognized from initial recognition of the receivables, which is recorded as an allowance for credit losses. Losses are recognized in profit or loss and reflected in an allowance account against receivables. When a subsequent event causes the amount of impairment loss to decrease, the decrease in impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss. During the year ended March 31, 2020, the company recognized an allowance for credit losses of $46,477.

For financial assets that are measured at amortized cost, the Company will, at a minimum, recognize 12 month expected losses in profit or loss, calculated as the difference between its carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. Lifetime expected losses will be recognized on assets for which there is a significant increase in credit risk after initial recognition. During the year ended March 31, 2020 the company recognized an impairment of $223,919 on its promissory note receivable.

Leases

Effective April 1, 2018, the Company adopted IFRS 16 using the modified retrospective approach and accordingly the information presented for the year ended March 31, 2018 has not been restated. The cumulative effect of initial application, if any, is recognized in deficit at April 1, 2018. Comparative amounts up to March 31, 2018 remain as previously reported under IAS 17 and related interpretations.

Definition of a lease

At inception of a contract, the Company assesses whether a contract is, or contains, a lease based on whether the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. The Company has elected to apply the practical expedient to account for leases for which the lease term ends within 12 months of the date of initial application and leases of low value assets as short-term leases. The lease payments associated with these leases are recognized as expenses on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

The Company has also elected to apply the practical expedient for excluding the initial direct costs for the measurement of right of use assets at the date of initial application, as well as for using hindsight in determining the lease term where the contract contains options to extend or terminate the lease.

As a lessee

The Company recognizes a right of use asset and a lease liability at the lease commencement date. The right of use asset is initially measured at cost, based on the initial amount of the lease liability. The assets are depreciated to the earlier of the end of the useful life of the right of use asset or the lease term using the straight-line method as this most closely reflects the expected pattern of consumption of the future economic benefits. The lease term includes periods covered by an option to extend if the Company is reasonably certain to exercise that option.

The lease liability is initially measured at the present value of the lease payments that are not paid at the commencement date, discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, at the Company's incremental borrowing rate.

The ongoing lease liability is measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. It is re-measured when there is a change in future lease payments, if there is a change in the Company's estimate of the amount expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee, or if the Company changes its assessment of whether it will exercise a purchase, extension or termination option.

When the lease liability is premeasured in this way a corresponding adjustment is made to the carrying amount of the right of use asset or is recorded in profit or loss if the carrying amount of the right of use asset has been reduced to zero.

As a lessor

When the Company acts as a lessor, it determines at lease inception whether each lease is a finance lease or an operating lease.

To classify each lease, the Company makes an overall assessment of whether the lease transfers substantially all of the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of the underlying asset.  If this is the case, then the lease is a finance lease; if not, then it is an operating lease.  As part of this assessment, the Company considers certain indicators such as whether the lease is for the major part of the economic life of the asset.

If an arrangement contains lease and non-lease components, the Company applies IFRS 15 to allocate the consideration in the contract.

The Company recognizes lease payments received under operating leases as income on a straight-line basis over the lease term, included in Revenue in the consolidated statements of operations.

Impact on adoption

On initial application, the Company has elected to record right of use assets based on the corresponding lease liabilities, as described more fully in Note 8. Lease liabilities have been measured by discounting future lease payments at the incremental borrowing rate of 8% per annum, and represents the Company's best estimate of the rate of interest that it would expect to pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis, over a similar term, an amount equal to the lease payments in the current economic environment. As of March 31, 2019, the remaining non-cancelable period of one of the two leases is 29 months, and the other is 42 months.

The application of IFRS 16 to leases previously classified as operating leases under IAS 17, resulted in the recognition of right of use assets and lease liabilities as at April 1, 2018. The following table summarizes the Right of Use Assets of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2019:

During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Company entered into two transactions as lessor, one which was accounted for as an operating lease, and the other as a finance lease (Note 4). The adoption of IFRS 16 did not have a material impact on the financial results for the year ended March 31, 2019 for either of these transactions.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents usually consist of highly liquid investments which are readily convertible into cash with maturity of three months or less and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. As at March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019 the Company had no cash equivalents.

Revenue recognition

The Company recognizes revenue from contracts with customers when a customer obtains control of the goods or services, and the Company satisfies its performance obligation to customers in exchange for consideration the Company expects to receive, net of discounts and taxes. Revenue is allocated to each performance obligation.

Most of the Company's contracts have a single performance obligation as the promise to transfer the individual goods. Revenues from the sale of products are recognized when the goods are shipped or accepted by the customer, depending on the delivery conditions, and title and risk have passed to the customer.  Revenues from services such as supporting and training relating to the sale of products are recognized as the services are performed. The Company also has not historically, but may in the future, earn product repair and maintenance revenues, which may relate to warranty contracts, which would be recognized over the periods and according to the terms of the warranty or other contract.

The Company enters into a few transactions that represent multiple-element arrangements, which may include any combination of products, support and training services, and extended warranty. The allocation of consideration to the multiple-element is dependent on the explicit stand-alone selling price stipulated in the contract term.

The Company would recognize an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer if it expects the costs to be recoverable and has determined that such costs meet the requirements to be capitalized. Capitalized contract acquisition costs are amortized consistent with the pattern of transfer to the customer for the goods and services to which the asset relates. The Company does not capitalize incremental costs of obtaining contracts if the amortization period is one year or less.

Impairment of long-lived assets

At the end of each reporting period, the Company's assets are reviewed to determine whether there is any indication that those assets may be impaired. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment, if any. The recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. Fair value is determined as the amount that would be obtained from the sale of the asset in an arm's length transaction between knowledgeable and willing parties. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. If the recoverable amount of an asset is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its recoverable amount and the impairment loss is recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the period. For an asset that does not generate largely independent cash inflows, the recoverable amount is determined for the cash generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but to an amount that does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognized immediately in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Foreign currency translation

The consolidated entities and their respective functional currencies are as follows:

GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (parent) changed its functional currency from the Canadian dollar to the US dollar effective April 1, 2019 due to the significant US dollar denominated liabilities of the entity, the significant amount of financing raised that is denominated in US dollar, the portion of the Company's expenses denominated in US dollars has increased, and the expectation that all of these factors are expected to increase over time. The change in functional currency of this entity did not have a material impact on the financial results of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2020. San Joaquin Valley Equipment Leasing, Inc. changed its functional currency from the Canadian dollar to the US dollar during the year ended March 31, 2019. The change in functional currency of this entity did not have a material impact on the financial results of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2019.

Translation to functional currency

Foreign currency transactions are translated into US dollars using exchange rates in effect at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rate in effect at the measurement date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency using the historical exchange rate or the exchange rate in effect at the measurement date for items recognized at FVTPL. Gains and losses arising from foreign exchange are included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Translation to presentation currency

The results and financial position of those entities with a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:

- assets and liabilities are translated at the closing rate at the date of the Statements of Financial Position;

- income and expenses are translated at average exchange rates; and

- all resulting exchange differences are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income/loss.

Goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on the acquisition of a foreign entity are treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign entity and translated at the closing rate. Exchange differences arising on translation of foreign operations are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income / loss. On disposal of a foreign operation (that is, a disposal of the Company's entire interest in a foreign operation, or a disposal involving loss of control over a subsidiary that includes a foreign operation) all exchange differences accumulated in equity in respect of that operation attributable to the equity holders of the Company are reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income/loss to net income/loss for the period.

Inventory

Inventory is recorded at the lower of cost and net realizable value with cost determined on a specific item basis. The Company's inventory consists of electric buses in process, production supplies, and finished goods. In determining net realizable value for new buses, the Company primarily considers the age of the vehicles along with the timing of annual and model changeovers. For used buses, the Company considers recent market data and trends such as loss histories along with the current age of the inventory.

Property, plant, and equipment

Property, plant and equipment ("PPE") are carried at cost, less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. The cost of an item of PPE consists of the purchase price, any costs directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for its intended use and an initial estimate of the costs of dismantling and removing the item and restoring the site on which it is located. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of PPE, less their estimated residual value, using the following rates/estimated lives and methods:

An item of PPE is derecognized upon disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected to arise from the continued use of the asset. Any gain or loss arising on disposal of the asset, determined as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset, is recognized in profit or loss in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Where an item of PPE comprises major components with different useful lives, the components are accounted for as separate items of PPE. Expenditures incurred to replace a component of an item of PPE is accounted for separately, including major inspection and overhaul expenditures are capitalized.

Loss per share

The Company presents basic and diluted loss per share data for its common shares, calculated by dividing the loss attributable to common shareholders of the Company by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share does not adjust the loss attributable to common shareholders or the weighted average number of common shares outstanding when the effect is anti-dilutive.

Share capital

Common shares are classified as equity. Finders fees and other related share issue costs, such as legal, regulatory, and printing, on the issue of the Company's shares are charged directly to share capital, net of any tax effects. During the years ended March 31, 2020, March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018 the Company recorded $463,411, $nil, and $nil respectively in share issuance costs on its Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity in regards to the issuance of shares.

Income taxes

Income tax expense comprises current and deferred tax. Current and deferred tax are recognized in net income/loss except to the extent that it relates to a business combination or items recognized directly in equity or in other comprehensive loss/income.

Current income taxes are recognized for the estimated income taxes payable or receivable on taxable income or loss for the current period and any adjustment to income taxes payable in respect to previous years. Current income taxes are determined using tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end date.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized where the carrying amount of an asset or liability differs from its tax base, except for taxable temporary differences arising on the initial recognition of goodwill and temporary differences arising on the initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction which is not a business combination and at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss.

Recognition of deferred tax assets for unused tax losses, tax credits, and deductible temporary differences is restricted to those instances where it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the deferred tax asset can be utilized. At the end of each reporting period the Company reassesses deferred tax assets. The Company will recognize a previously unrecognized deferred tax asset to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable profit will allow the deferred tax asset to be recovered.

Critical accounting estimates and judgments

The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires management to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual outcomes could differ from these estimates. These consolidated financial statements include estimates which, by their nature, are uncertain. The impacts of such estimates are pervasive throughout the consolidated financial statements and may require accounting adjustments based on future occurrences. Revisions to critical accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. These estimates are based on historical experience, current and future economic conditions and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Critical accounting estimates

Significant assumptions about the future and other sources of estimation uncertainty that management has made at the end of the reporting period, that could result in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities, in the event that actual results differ from assumptions made, relate to, but are not limited to, the inputs used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model to measure share-based compensation and warrants, determination of the useful life of equipment, the carrying value of accounts receivable and promissory note receivable, and the associated allowance for credit losses, net realizable value of inventory, provision for warranty expense, and the $nil provision for income taxes.

Effective January 1, 2019, management changed its estimated useful life for diesel and electric buses (including some categorized under Leased Assets in note 9) from 7 years to 12 years. For the year ended March 31, 2019 this change reduced the Company's depreciation expense by $19,537. The carrying value of diesel and electric buses was $622,833 as at March 31, 2019 using an estimated useful life of 12 years, and the carrying value of diesel and electric buses would have been $603,296 with an estimated life of 7 years.

Critical accounting judgments

i. The determination of the discount rate to use to discount the promissory note receivable, finance lease receivables and lease liabilities;

ii. The determination of the functional currency of each entity within the consolidated Company;

iii. The Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

iv. The classification of leases as either financial leases or operating leases;

v. The determination that there are no material matters requiring disclosures and/or recognition on the consolidated financial statements as either a provision, a contingent liability, or a contingent asset; and

vi. The identification of performance obligations in revenue contracts and the determination of when they are satisfied.

Share-based payment transactions

The Company grants share-based awards to certain officers, employees, directors and other eligible persons. The fair value of the equity-settled awards is determined at the date of the grant.  In calculating fair value, no account is taken of any vesting conditions, other than conditions linked to the price of the shares of the Company.  Each tranche in an award is considered a separate award with its own vesting period and grant date fair value.  The fair value is determined by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  At each financial reporting date, the cumulative expense representing the extent to which the vesting period has expired and management's best estimate of the awards that are ultimately expected to vest is computed.  The movement in cumulative expense is recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations with a corresponding entry against the related equity settled share-based payments reserve account over the vesting period.  No expense is recognized for awards that do not ultimately vest.  If the awards expire unexercised, the related amount remains in share-option reserve.

Where equity instruments are granted to non-employees, they are recorded at the fair value of the goods or services received in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, unless they are related to the issuance of shares.  Amounts related to the issuance of shares are recorded as a reduction of share capital.  When the value of goods or services received in exchange for the share-based payment cannot be reliably estimated, the fair value is measured by use of a valuation model.  The fair value of stock options granted to non-employees is re-measured at the earlier of each financial reporting or vesting date, and any adjustment is charged or credited to operations upon re-measurement.

Valuation of equity units issued in private placements

The Company has adopted a residual value method with respect to the measurement of shares and warrants issued as private placement units.  The residual value method first allocates value to the more easily measurable component based on fair value and then the residual value, if any, to the less easily measurable component. The fair value of the common shares issued in the private placement was determined to be the more easily measurable component and were valued at their fair value, as determined by the closing quoted bid price on the announcement date. The balance, if any, is allocated to the attached warrants. Any fair value attributed to the warrants is recorded as warrant reserve. If the warrants are exercised, the related amount is reclassified as share capital. If the warrants expire unexercised, the related amount remains in warrant reserve.

Government grants

The Company receives grants from government agencies related to sales and leases of its electric buses. The accounting for these grants depends on whether the carrying amount of the vehicle remains with the Company, which is the case for operating leases where the Company is the lessor. For government grants associated with leased vehicles under operating leases, the grant reduces the value of the asset.

Provisions and contingent liabilities

Provisions  are  recognized  when  present  obligations  as  a  result  of  a  past  event  will  probably  lead  to  an outflow of economic resources from the Company and amounts can be estimated reliably. Timing or amount of the outflow may still be uncertain. Provisions are measured at the estimated expenditure required to settle the present obligation, based on the most reliable evidence available at the reporting date, including the risks and  uncertainties  associated  with  the  present  obligation.  Provisions  are  discounted  when  the  time  value  of money is significant.

Adoption of accounting standards

The following new or amended standards were adopted during the year ended March 31, 2020:

IAS 23 Borrowing Costs

The amendment to IAS 23 Borrowing Costs clarifies that if any specific borrowing remains outstanding after the related asset is ready for its intended use or sale, that borrowing becomes part of the funds that an entity borrows generally when calculating the capitalization rate on general borrowings.

The amendment to IAS 23 Borrowing Costs did not have an impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2020.

Future accounting pronouncements

Certain new accounting standards and interpretations have been published by the IASB or the IFRS Interpretations Committee that are not mandatory for the March 31, 2020 reporting period.

The Company has reviewed new and revised accounting pronouncements that have been issued but are not yet effective. The Company has not early adopted any of these standards and is currently evaluating the impact, if any, that these standards might have on its consolidated financial statements.

Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, etc.

We have invested significant resources in developing our suite of all-electric buses. Our buses were developed using a clean-sheet proprietary design and use key components from established third-party suppliers. We do not currently have patents and licenses, but may choose to obtain patents and licenses on our designs, processes or inventions in the future.

We have expended $973,146, $437,208, and $251,826 on product development costs during the years ended March 31, 2020, March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018 respectively.

Trend Information

We do not know of any trends, commitments, events, or uncertainty that are expected to have a material effect on our company's business, financial condition, or results of operations other than as described in the section "Risk Factors" and in the section entitled "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk".

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on the results of operations or financial condition of our company including, without limitation, such considerations as liquidity and capital resources that have not previously been discussed, other than payments on two leases that were classified as short-term leases totaled $48,942 (2019 - $22,270) for the year and were recognized in office expense.  In August 2019, one of these leases was renewed for a term of three years and at that point was accounted for as a right of use asset, and one lease is scheduled to terminate during the year ended March 31, 2021. The one lease that is scheduled to terminate during the year ended March 31, 2021 has remaining minimum lease payments of $8,591.

Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations

Other than as disclosed below, we do not have any contractual obligations as of March 31, 2020 relating to long-term debt obligations, capital (finance) lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or other long-term liabilities reflected on our latest fiscal year end balance sheet. The payments in the table below include estimated future principal and interest payments on our contractual obligations.