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Lightning eMotors Partners with Perrone Robotics to Offer Fully Autonomous Vehicle Option to Zero-Emission Fleet Customers

05/09/22

Lightning eMotors Partners with Perrone Robotics to Offer Fully Autonomous Vehicle Option to Zero-Emission Fleet Customers Lightning’s medium-duty zero-emission fleet offerings now include Level 2 and Level 4 autonomous vehicle… Read More

03/28/22

Lightning eMotors Reports Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 The text of the release can be found here. Read More

Forest River and Lightning eMotors Expand Partnership to Offer Factory-Certified All-Electric Repower Program for Shuttle Buses and Passenger Vans

03/28/22

Forest River and Lightning eMotors Expand Partnership to Offer Factory-Certified All-Electric Repower Program for Shuttle Buses and Passenger Vans Expanded partnership will accelerate repowering of Forest River shuttle buses and… Read More

Lightning eMotors Expands Manufacturing Facility to Meet Increasing Customer Demand

02/24/22

Lightning eMotors Expands Manufacturing Facility to Meet Increasing Customer Demand Lightning eMotors completes expansion of manufacturing facility to more than 226,000 square feet, doubling its production capacity Expanded production capacity… Read More

Lightning eMotors Joins with General Motors to Electrify Medium Duty Trucks

02/03/22

Lightning eMotors Joins with General Motors to Electrify Medium Duty Trucks Lightning eMotors and GM to collaborate on the development of zero tailpipe emission battery-electric trucks for medium-duty commercial fleet… Read More

Dr. Meghan Sharp Accepts New Role as Global Head of Decarbonization Partners with BlackRock-Temasek

02/01/22

Dr. Meghan Sharp Accepts New Role as Global Head of Decarbonization Partners with BlackRock-Temasek Sharp to lead team overseeing venture capital and private equity Investments New role requires Sharp to… Read More

Lightning eMotors Provides Electric Powertrain for Winnebago Industries’ First All-Electric Concept Motorhome

01/19/22

Lightning eMotors Provides Electric Powertrain for Winnebago Industries’ First All-Electric Concept Motorhome Winnebago Industries all-electric motorhome concept (e-RV) showcases Lightning eMotors’ zero-emission powertrain, software interface, and telematics; symbolizes RV OEM’s… Read More

Lightning eMotors Names New Chief Manufacturing Officer

01/14/22

Lightning eMotors Names New Chief Manufacturing Officer Industry veteran Brian Barron promoted to Lightning’s Executive team Barron brings manufacturing background from Lucid Motors, BMW, and other recognized companies to Lightning… Read More

Lightning eMotors All-Electric Fleet Crosses 1 Million Mile Benchmark

01/06/22

Lightning eMotors All-Electric Fleet Crosses 1 Million Mile Benchmark Million-mile all-electric milestone based on customer-driven miles driven on customer-owned vehicles Miles logged throughout the US and Canada on nine different… Read More

Lightning eMotors Reveals All-New Lightning eChassis for Electric Commercial Vehicles

01/04/22

Lightning eMotors Reveals All-New Lightning eChassis for Electric Commercial Vehicles Lightning eMotors becomes first commercial EV manufacturer to offer both new purpose-built vehicles and electrification of legacy OEM platforms The… Read More

Lightning eMotors Announces Strategic EV Battery Partnership for Supply of CATL Battery Systems

12/13/21

Lightning eMotors Announces Strategic EV Battery Partnership for Supply of CATL Battery Systems Lightning eMotors signs two-year agreement to purchase 175 megawatt-hours (MWh) of CATL battery products CATL products chosen… Read More

Lightning eMotors Appoints Marci Fouts as Chief People Officer

11/30/21

Lightning eMotors Appoints Marci Fouts as Chief People Officer Accomplished senior executive brings deep public company human resources experience from Advanced Energy Has led startups and established companies through periods… Read More

Lightning eMotors Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter 2021

11/15/21

Lightning eMotors Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter 2021 The text of the news release is here. Read More

Lightning eMotors Develops Largest Battery All-Electric Double-Decker Motor Coach Available

11/04/21

Lightning eMotors Develops Largest Battery All-Electric Double-Decker Motor Coach Available Lightning eMotors to deploy massive people mover for All Aboard America! Holdings Double decker bus powered by an unprecedented 640… Read More

Lightning eMotors Partners with Siemens to Offer Level 2 Charging Stations

11/02/21

Lightning eMotors Partners with Siemens to Offer Level 2 Charging Stations Siemens VersiCharge AC charging systems now available through Lightning Energy to support small-to-medium electric fleet customers Fully interoperable charging… Read More

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Lightning eMotors@LightningeMtrs·

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Cut out gas prices and change your fleet TODAY.

In stock and ready to be delivered, these #LightningElectric cargo & passenger vans are ready to transform your business.
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Lightning eMotors@LightningeMtrs·

24 May

Looking good at @GFXconference ⚡️

We've got events going on all year long across North America! Check out our events page at http://LightningeMotors.com/events to see where you can find us each week.
#LightningElectric $ZEV

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20 May

Great news for school districts and students across the country!
#CleanAirMatters $ZEV

U.S. EPA@EPA

Beep beep...$500 million for cleaner school buses coming through! 🚍

From now until August 19, EPA’s Clean School Bus program is accepting applications for rebate funding to purchase clean school buses.
http://epa.gov/cleanschoolbus

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Lightning eMotors@LightningeMtrs·

17 May

Powered by Lightning ⚡️

From school buses to EV chassis, "@BlueBirdBuses is going to effectively double its total addressable market"
$ZEV #LightningElectric
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