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Press articles and videos about Lightning eMotors
2021
- IndustryWeek, November 16, 2021 (article)
Lightning eMotors Execs Tout Production Growth, Land LA Deal - Sustainable Bus, November 10, 2021 (news release)
Proterra batteries for Lightning eMotors. Up to 10,000 electric commercial vehicles to be powered by 2025 - 9 News Denver, October 7, 2021 (video)
Electric vans being tested in Colorado resort towns - Loveland Reporter-Herald, October 1, 2021 (article)
Gov. Jared Polis visits Lightning eMotors campus in Loveland as part of push for electric transportation - Denver Post, August 11, 2021 (article)
Colorado electric vehicle company strikes $850M deal on shuttle buses - Bloomberg, August 10, 2021 (article)
Lightning Soars on EV Deal With Buffett-Backed Bus Maker - Loveland Reporter-Herald, August 8, 2021 (article)
Five Questions: Erin Kelley, Loveland’s Rosie the Riveter, welds away at Lightning eMotors - CleanTechnica, July 9, 2021 (article)
Lightning eMotors Stomps On The Accelerator At Lightning Day 2021 - CBS 4 Denver, July 8, 2021 (TV piece and article)
Lightning E-Motors Tackles Niche Market Retrofitting Gas, Diesel Fleet Vehicles With Electric Motors - Loveland Reporter-Herald, July 8, 2021 (article)
Sen. Hickenlooper visits Lightning eMotors, discusses future of electric vehicles - BizWest, July 8, 2021 (article; may require subscription)
Senator tours electric-vehicle facility, remarks on cultural change - Work Truck Magazine, June 28, 2021 (article)
Lightning Day Shows Off Lightning eMotors’ Electric Vehicles - Denver Post, May 11, 2021 (article)
Colorado electric commercial vehicle producer goes public amid accelerating growth - Denver Business Journal, May 7, 2021 (article)
A Colorado electric vehicle company goes public Friday, CEO skips the party - AutoTech Outlook, May 6, 2021 (article)
The Lightning eMotors Difference - CleanTechnica, April 15, 2021 (article)
You Can Now Buy An Electric Ambulance - Built In Colorado, April 15, 2021 (article)
Lightning eMotors Is Helping To Launch an All-Electric Ambulance - Advanced Clean Tech News, April 13, 2021 (article)
Youth Program’s New Electric Vans Promote Sustainability to Participants, Local Community - FreightWaves, March 30, 2021 (article)
IKEA’s NYC last-mile delivery fleet to be fully electric by May - SDG&E NewsCenter, March 16, 2021 (article)
SDG&E’s Power Your Drive for Fleets Program Energizes First Site, Supports Environmental Organization Outdoor Outreach - BUSRide, March 16, 2021 (article)
ABC Companies/Lightning eMotors EV Repowered Coach hits the road in San Francisco - CBS4 News Denver, January 26, 2021 (TV segment and article)
Colorado’s Environment & Economy Would Benefit From President Biden’s Electric Vehicle Plan - Denver Business Journal, January 21, 2021 (article – subscription required)
Colorado electric vehicle maker inks big factory expansion deal as it preps for IPO - Green Car Reports, January 10, 2021 (article)
Lightning eMotors creates electric motor coachs at lower cost and CO2 impact
2020
- Cheddar, December 23, 2020 (video interview)
Lightning eMotors Merging with GigCapital3 to Go Public on NYSE - TD Ameritrade Network – Morning Trade Live, December 11, 2020 (TV interview)
Lightning eMotors CEO Tim Reeser on the SPAC Merger with GIK - Denver Business Journal, December 11, 2020 (article)
Colorado electric fleet vehicle company strikes deal to go public, raise $273M - Denver Post, December 11, 2020 (article)
Colorado maker of electric commercial vehicles plans to go public - Bloomberg, December 10, 2020 (article)
Lightning EMotors to Go Public in Reverse Merger With SPAC - CleanTechnica, October 31, 2020 (article)
You Can Now Buy an Electric Coach - Denver Post, October 9, 2020 (article)
Move to electric commercial fleets gets charge from deal between Loveland manufacturer, vehicle rental company - Times-Herald (Vallejo, CA), September 21, 2020 (article)
Cal Maritime introduces new zero emissions transport van - CompanyWeek, July 21, 2020 (article)
CEO Tim Reeser forecasts exponential growth for the supplier of powertrains for medium-duty electric vehicles - Denver 7 News, July 17, 2020 (TV segment and article)
TV segment | Article, “Loveland’s Lightning Systems sparks mass transportation remodel” - Harvard Business School Alumni Magazine, July 13, 2020 (article)
Locally Grown - Denver Post, June 24, 2020 (article)
Loveland-based company sees orders for its all-electric powertrains soar - Autotech Outlook, June 22, 2020 (article)
Lightning Systems: The Forerunners of Next-Gen Electric Commerical Vehicles - Fleet News Daily, June 4, 2020 (article)
Octillion Supplying Lightning Systems with Batteries for Medium-duty Electric Trucks - Modern Work Truck Solutions Magazine, May 2020 (article)
Mobile Charging for Electric Vehicles - SAE International, May 13, 2020 (article)
Partnering to produce fuel-cell-electric trucks - E-Mobility Engineering, Spring 2020 edition (magazine article)
Commercial Appeal: Lightning Systems LCF Truck (starts on page 36) - 23ABC News Bakersfield, February 28, 2020 (news TV)
2020 Transit Symposium focused on getting “green” - Bus & Motorcoach News, February 4, 2020 (article)
Recycling old buses into better than new by electric repowering - Sustainable Bus, January 23, 2020 (article)
Repowering Van Hool coaches turning them electric. An ABC/Lightning Systems project - BizWest, January 9, 2020 (article; subscription required)
Lightning Systems takes over entire current building for production ramp-up
2019
- BusinessDen, December 11th, 2019 (article)
Loveland-based company that converts vehicles to electric raises $41M
- Colorado Inno, December 5th, 2019 (article)
Loveland’s Lightning Systems Lands $41M For Commercial EV Powertrains - Built In Colorado, December 4, 2019 (article)
Lightning Systems Raises $41M to Make Gas Guzzlers Electric - BizWest, December 3, 2019 (article; subscription required)
Lightning Systems Raises $41M - Automotive Fleet, November 13, 2019 (article)
The Cost of Electrifying a Ford Transit - CleanTechnica, October 1 (article)
Pulling Back The Curtain At Electric Powertrain Builder Lightning Systems - ProgressNow Colorado | National Resources Defense Council, September 30 (video)
“Innovation” episode - Fleet Owner, September 11 (article)
Lightning Systems seeing growth as electric grant programs expand - CBS 4 Denver, August 1 (TV spot)
Loveland Company Converts Gas, Diesel Vehicles Into Zero Emission - The Denver Post, May 31 (article)
Colorado wants to spark move to electric vehicles in a big way — with buses, trucks, fleets