Summit County recently held a “Ride and Drive” event for community members to test out and learn about electric vehicles, and now it’s doing the same for businesses. The event is part of the county’s.
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Porterville, CA deploys 12 all-electric micro-transit vans from Lightning eMotors
With a focus on its mission of sustainability for its residents, the City of Porterville, California is putting 12 electric micro-transit vans into service. The 12 vehicles, all Class 3 Lightning Electric Transit Vans, were developed by Lightning eMotors. The vans are built on Ford Transit 350 HD chassis and are upfitted by NorCal Vans/Driverge of Chico, California to meet ADA requirements with support for wheelchair lifts and other customizations.
The city’s new all-electric passenger vans will be used for transporting residents around the community, such as from home to work and for shopping and other services. The electric vans will replace transit buses on routes with low ridership, allowing residents to use an app to get on-demand, curb-to-curb service.
Lightning eMotors adds production capacity, space to meet growing demand from fleets for EVs
Lightning eMotors, a leading provider of commercial electric vehicles for fleets, is expanding to meet the growing demand for EVs from commercial and government fleets.
Three and a half years ago, Lightning eMotors moved its headquarters, manufacturing, and research and development into the nearly one-million-square-foot campus that was formerly used by Hewlett-Packard/Agilent in southwest Loveland, Colorado. Early last year, the company took over the entire building on the campus located at Southwest 14
th Street and Taft Avenue, expanding its square footage from 45,000 to 124,000. Now the company is adding another 107,000 square feet in an adjacent building, for a total of 231,000 square feet of space for its operations.
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Lightning eMotors Adds Production Capacity, Space to Meet Growing Demand From Fleets for Electric Vehicles
January 21, 2021 GMT
Assembled electric powertrains ready for installation into Lightning Electric Transit 350HD vehicles. (Photo: Business Wire)
LOVELAND, Colo. (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 21, 2021
Lightning eMotors (“Lightning eMotors” or the “Company”), a leading provider of commercial electric vehicles for fleets, today announced it is expanding to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles from commercial and government fleets.
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Assembled electric powertrains ready for installation into Lightning Electric Transit 350HD vehicles. (Photo: Business Wire)