Lion Electric takes Nikola Motors to court
There is a legal dispute between two manufacturers of electric commercial vehicles in the USA. Lion Electric has filed a lawsuit against Nikola Motor.
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Mitsubishi backs up Lion Electric financing solutions
Electric bus maker Lion Electric has secured backup from Mitsubishi HC Capital Canada for its financing division LionCapital Solutions. They will help customers in the United States and Canada to finance Lion electric school buses and trucks.
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Lion Electric to build battery packs in Québec
North American electric utility vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric has started producing its own battery packs at its Mirabel plant in the Canadian province of Québec. Final certification of the first Lion battery pack is expected in the first quarter of 2023.
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Transdev Canada orders 30 Lion Electric school buses
Transdev Canada has announced the acquisition of 30 new electric school buses from Lion Electric. With this new order, the company will have electrified its fleet of electric buses to nearly 40% in Quebec.
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Dana to deliver electric axle drives for Lion Electric
Canadian electric utility vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric has signed a long-term agreement with US automotive supplier Dana Incorporated to supply electric drive systems for its school buses and medium and heavy-duty trucks.
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Quebec orders 50 Lion Electric school buses
Lion Electric has received an order for 50 all-electric LionC school buses from Autobus Campeau in the province of Quebec. Deliveries are set to begin by the first quarter of 2023.
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Lion Electric partners up for truck development
Lion Electric announced several key partnerships with truck upfitters to provide new fully electrified refrigerated, dry freight and aluminium stake body options for its Lion6 electric urban truck. The new partnerships include equipment upfit options from Morgan Truck Body, Thermo King, Knapheide and CM Truck Beds.
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Lion Electric to offer financing solutions for e-trucks
Lion Electric has just announced the launch of LionCapital Solutions. The new division offers flexible financing solutions for customers that are specifically tailored to the medium and heavy-duty electric vehicle market.
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Ikea Canada expands electric truck fleet with Bolt Logistics
In Canada, Ikea has partnered with Bolt Logistics to deploy another 30 electric delivery trucks this year. Ten have already joined an existing fleet of 15 ZEVs. The partnership reaches back to 2021 when Bolt was called Second Closet.
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Amazon to buy “thousands” of electric vans from Stellantis
Amazon today became Stellantis’ first commercial customer for the new Ram ProMaster Battery Electric Vehicle launching in 2023. The merger between FCA and PSA expects the long-term agreement with Amazon to help them put thousands of BEV ProMasters on the road every year.
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200 Lion Electric school buses bound for Ontario
Lion Electric has received a conditional purchase order for 200 all-electric LionC school buses from Langs Bus Lines in Ontario, Canada. Deliveries should begin gradually in 2022, through to 2026.
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1000 Lion Electric school buses look likely for Canada
Lion Electric has received a conditional purchase order for 1,000 all-electric LionC school buses from Student Transportation of Canada (STC). If grant conditions are fulfilled, this purchase order would allow STC to become the largest operator of zero-emission school buses in North America.
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Lion & Demers present first fully-electric purpose-built ambulance
Demers Ambulances and Lion Electric have unveiled the first all-electric and purpose-built ambulance. The Demers eFX Ambulance is scheduled to enter into commercial production in the second half of 2022.
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Hydro-Québec launches pilot to support school buses
In Canada, electricity utility company Hydro-Québec has launched a pilot project with Autobus Groupe Séguin to support the electrification of school buses. Several Québec-based suppliers will participate in the project, including Lion Electric, Malco Électrique and AddÉnergie.
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Lion Electric scores new order and $100 million credit
Lion Electric has received an order for 35 LionC school buses from Canadian province Prince Edward Island. The manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles has also secured new US$100 million credit facility.
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Lion Electric wins order of 260 electric school buses
The Canadian commercial vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric has won its largest-ever single order for electric school buses. Lion Electric will deliver 260 LionC to First Student, a provider specialising in school transportation.
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Lion Electric selects US factory location, announces IPO
The Canadian electric utility vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric has selected the city of Joliet in the state of Illinois as the location for its production facility in the USA. At the same time, Lion Electric announced its IPO.
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Québec province to electrify most school buses by 2030
Canada’s province of Québec wants most pupils heading to class in yellow electric school buses by 2030, Premier François Legault announced. The province’s 2030 Plan for a Green Economy unveiled last autumn contains the target in some detail.
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MAN to supply Lion electric buses to Copenhagen
Public transit operator Anchersen has ordered 25 electric buses from MAN Truck & Bus to service in Copenhagen. Delivery is scheduled for the end of the year. Anchersen says it will use the battery-electric buses on Copenhagen’s central bus route 7A, which carries more than 4.3 million passengers each year.
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Pride orders 100 electric trucks from Lion Electric
Lion Electric has received a purchase order from Pride Group Enterprises for the acquisition of 100 all-electric Lion6 and Lion8 trucks. The Canadian company says this order represents Lion’s largest single order of zero-emission trucks to date.
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Lion Electric to build battery innovation plant in Québec
The Canadian electric utility vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric announces the construction of a battery plant and innovation centre in Québec, Canada. The plant will produce battery modules and battery packs from supplied cells from 2023.
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US revives school bus electrification efforts
In the Maryland county of Montgomery, an initiative for the electric conversion of buses has been launched, marking the largest single electric school bus procurement in the USA so far. Additionally, Los Angeles has ordered 10 Lion electric school buses and California has begun installing charging stations at their schools.
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Meritor to launch electric drive production in summer
US American vehicle supplier Meritor plans to begin production of its new electric drive for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles in mid-2021 and has already announced three customers: Volta Trucks of Sweden, Lion Electric of Canada, and Autocar Trucks of the United States.
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Lion Electric charges North America with offer from FLO network & AddEnergie
Lion announced today that it will now offer its clients across North America the lineup of AddEnergie charging stations provided by FLO, including AC and DC smart chargers, as well as its associated charging and energy management cloud software services.
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Lion Electric wins XXL-order for electric school buses
Canada’s Lion Electric strikes again. This time close to home. The commercial vehicle maker has received an order from Autobus Séguin, a transportation operator headquartered in Quebec. They ordered 60 electric school buses to arrive over five years.
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Huge order for Lion Electric trucks from Amazon
Amazon plans to procure up to 2,500 all-electric Lion 6 and Lion 8 trucks from Canadian manufacturer Lion Electric by 2025. The framework agreement already concluded with Amazon in July 2020 was revealed hidden in a long stock exchange notice.
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The Lion Electric Company aims to go public
The Canadian electric truck and bus manufacturer The Lion Electric Company announced plans to become a publicly-traded company via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. This will help them ramp up EV production.
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Lion Electric orders $234 million of bus batteries from Romeo Power
US battery manufacturer Romeo Power has received a major order from Canadian e-commercial vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric. Under the terms of the contract signed by both parties, Romeo will supply battery modules and packs for Lion Electric’s electric trucks and electric buses.
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ABB & Lion Electric enter service partnership
ABB has officially entered into a charging infrastructure partnership with Lion Electric. ABB will make its complete portfolio of charging solutions available to the Canadian electric commercial vehicle manufacturer for distribution in North America under the new Lion Energy division.
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Amazon orders ten Lion Electric trucks
Amazon is now part of a growing number of customers for Lion Electric vehicles. The company that entered the zero-emission market with electric school buses now sees demand increase for its electric trucks.
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