Lightning eMotors introduced manufacturing launch of its subsequent technology Common Motors-based Lightning ZEV4 work vans. This announcement follows the corporate’s current bulletins of accelerated ZEV4 manufacturing to fulfill buyer calls for for Class 4 faculty buses and shuttle buses constructed on the identical common platform.
Lightning is providing the ZEV4 for a number of automobile purposes, together with, however not restricted to field vans, stake mattress vans, utility vans, dump mattress vans, and every day work/landscaping vans, along with cargo supply autos, shuttle buses, faculty buses and extra.
“Success within the industrial automobile electrification market regularly revolves round offering personalized merchandise to fulfill the precise use circumstances of shoppers. That is the place we’ve carved our area of interest,” stated Lightning eMotors CEO Tim Reeser. “The truth that our trusted ZEV4 platforms will be constructed to accommodate such a broad set of purposes is a large profit to our prospects and positions Lightning properly to be the automobile producer of selection for the rising medium-duty industrial automobile market.”
The versatile Lightning ZEV4 mannequin comes outfitted with 120 kWh batteries positioned safely inside the body rails, delivering 241 horsepower, 790 lb-ft of torque and as much as 130 miles of vary in addition to improved weight distribution for higher dealing with and improved security. The Lightning ZEV4 is able to Stage 2 AC and 80kW DC quick charging.
To assist speed up fleet automobile electrification efforts, quite a lot of state and federal stage funding packages can be found throughout North America to assist offset the price considerably.
– In america, state-level packages, together with California’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Challenge (HVIP), New York’s Truck Voucher Incentive Program (NYTVIP), New Jersey’s Zero-Emission Incentive Program (NJZIP), and Colorado’s Clear Fleet Car & Expertise Grant Program, amongst others, can present as much as $100,000 in incentives per Class 4 automobile.
– Federally, america’ passing of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure and Jobs Act, and incentives which might be a part of the 2022 Inflation Discount Act – together with the Industrial Clear Car Credit score – have supplied billions in new funding for each industrial EV acquisition and EV infrastructure.
– Canadian incentive packages, together with Incentives for Medium- and Heavy-Responsibility Zero-Emission Automobiles Program (iMHZEV), the Zero-Emission Transit Fund and the Zero Emission Car Infrastructure Program, can’t solely assist offset the price of fleet automobile electrification to almost zero as many of those packages will be stacked, additionally they present funding to speed up the availability of EV charging options, each cellular (resembling Lightning Cell) and as put in infrastructure.
Lightning’s ZEV4 platform is suitable with a wide range of our bodies from producers together with, however not restricted to, Knapheide, Rockport Vans, Brown Industries, and Morgan Company. At present manufacturing volumes, ZEV4 work vans are sometimes obtainable for supply four-to-six months from the order date.
Jun 19, 2023