Lightning eMotors Delivers First All-Electric Motorcoach to ABC Companies, Receives Order for 200 Zero Emissions Vehicles
January 06, 2021 at 08:00 am EST
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Lightning Systems Inc. announced a $45 million order for its zero-emission powertrain systems from Faribault, Minnesota-based motorcoach supplier ABC Companies. The first zero-emission motorcoach was delivered in December. The order includes a mix of new vehicles manufactured by Lightning eMotors, as well as new zero-emission powertrain systems developed by Lightning eMotors to be upfit by ABC Companies into customers’ previously operated vehicles. Under the order and partnership, Lightning eMotors has trained ABC Companies personnel to install and service Lightning Electric powertrain systems. In addition to Class 8 motorcoaches, the order from ABC Companies includes Class 3 Lightning Electric Transit passenger vans, Class 4 Lightning Electric E-450 shuttle buses, Class 5 Lightning Electric F-550 shuttle buses, and Class 7 transit buses. Electric motorcoaches to be offered by ABC Companies include both touring coach and high-capacity double-deck coaches. Despite the complexity, the powertrain is designed to be quickly installed by trained ABC technicians at their facilities throughout North America. The repower program is launching under ABC Companies’ SVT division, underscoring the company’s focus on lowering EV market cost-of-entry barriers for coach operators. In addition to providing a full range of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) repower options for motorcoaches, ABC also will be an authorized nationwide service center and distributor for new and repower options for Lightning eMotors’ popular shuttle vans and cutaway applications, such as the Lightning Electric Transit passenger van and Lightning Electric E-450 and F-550 shuttle buses.
Lightning eMotors, Inc. designs and manufactures zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) and charging infrastructure solutions for commercial fleets, large enterprises, original equipment manufacturers, and governments. Its products range from cargo vans, transit and shuttle buses, school buses, specialty work trucks, ambulances and electric power trains for school buses, transit buses and motorcoaches. It offers a range of vehicles, including passenger vehicles, cargo vehicles, ambulances, and others. Its Lightning ZEV3 Transit van platform is equipped with an electric drivetrain and, depending on the selected battery configuration, offers a 140-mile to 200-mile range. Its Lightning ZEV4 platform can be outfitted as a shuttle bus with a capacity of up to 18 passengers in many applications, such as airport parking, college and corporate campuses, and senior communities, or as a work truck, as a cargo van or box truck for middle- and last-mile deliveries, or as a Type 3 ambulance.
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