LIGHTNING NEWS

Lightning eMotors Partners with Soderholm Bus & Mobility to Sell Electric Commercial Vehicles in Hawaii As the No. 1 bus distributor in the Pacific Islands, Soderholm has sold more buses than any other dealer over the past three decades Soderholm will be installing Lightning eMotors’ fully electric powertrain systems in repowered applications in Hawaii, as… Read More

Fluid Truck Orders 40 Additional Zero Emission Trucks from Lightning eMotors Vehicles feature 129 kWhs of battery capacity with a range of 120 miles and can be charged in just under 2 hours by an 80-kW on-board DC fast charger  LOVELAND, Colo., March 30, 2021 – Lightning eMotors (“Lightning eMotors” or the “Company”), a leading… Read More

GigCapital3 Announces Effectiveness of Registration Statement and Special Meeting Date for Proposed Business Combination with Lightning eMotors Special meeting of GigCapital3’s stockholders to approve the proposed business combination with Lightning eMotors to be held on April 21, 2021 Following closing, combined company stock and warrants will trade under the ticker symbols “ZEV” and “ZEV.WS”, respectively… Read More

DHL Express Deploys Nearly 100 New Lightning Electric Delivery Vans in U.S. Colorado-based Lightning eMotors selected to provide new electric Transit models to DHL ‘Green Fleet’ expansion in 2021 supports DHL’s sustainability, emission goals, service optimization Plantation, Fla., March 24, 2021 – DHL Express – the world’s leading provider of international express shipping services –… Read More

Lightning Electric Transit is a purpose-built commercial vehicle available as delivery vans, ambulances, school buses, RVs, and more Expected to support annual production of nearly 100 vehicles in 2021 and up to 3,000 vehicles by 2023 Lightning eMotors to deliver its first Proterra Powered vehicles later this year Burlingame, Calif. and Loveland, Colo. – Proterra,… Read More

Lightning eMotors Appoints New Chief Procurement Officer Company hires Steve Ivsan, former executive with Byton, Rivian and Tesla LOVELAND, Colo., March 16, 2021 – Lightning eMotors (“Lightning eMotors” or the “Company”), a leading provider of specialty commercial electric vehicles for fleets, announces Steve Ivsan as its new chief procurement officer. Ivsan will join the company’s… Read More

Lightning eMotors Names New Chief Revenue Officer Industry veteran Kash Sethi joins Lightning to head up sales, marketing and business development LOVELAND, Colo., Feb. 9, 2021 – Lightning eMotors (“Lightning eMotors” or the “Company”), a leading provider of commercial electric vehicles for fleets, today announced Kash Sethi as its new chief revenue officer. Sethi will… Read More

California’s City of Porterville Deploys 12 All-Electric Micro-transit Vans from Colorado’s Lightning eMotors Zero-emission vehicles improve air quality, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and help City of Porterville realize its sustainability goals On-demand rides available for residents beginning this spring Electric transit vans replace service from larger buses, and are upfitted to meet ADA requirements, support… Read More