Vicinity Motor Corp. announced that it has received an expansion to its order from strategic partner Sustainability Partners LLC ("SP"), an ESG focused Public Benefit Company committed to eliminating deferred maintenance infrastructure by enabling sustainability, increasing it's initial order from four (4) Vicinity Lightning? electric buses to eighteen (18) via Soderholm Sales & Leasing Inc. ("SSL"), Vicinity's Pacific Islands distributor.

The 18 Vicinity Lightning? electric bus will be used at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, the largest airport in the State of Hawaii serving 21 million passengers per year. The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation ("HDOT") will utilize SP's Electric Vehicles as a Service??

(EVaaS) program to finance the transition of the traditional diesel fleet to Vicinity's electric vehicles. SSL is facilitating the sale and providing long-term technical and maintenance support for the project. The expanded order for eighteen electric buses will be manufactured at Vicinity's Ferndale, Washington facility and is scheduled for delivery in 2024.