Lion Electric produces first school bus in Illinois facility
by CM Staff
The company says it has built its first LionC to meet growing demand for all-electric school buses, supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean School Bus Program.
Lion Electric LionC Buses (CNW Group/Lion Electric)
JOLIET, ILL. — The Lion Electric Company has produced its first zero-emission LionC school bus in its U.S. factory located in Joliet, Ill.
“I want to extend my appreciation to all our employees for their passion and commitment over the past few months, as we went from an empty shell of a building here in Joliet, to manufacturing our first made in America zero-emission school bus in roughly 18 months,” said Eric Pansegrau, general manager of Lion’s Joliet manufacturing facility in a statement.
Lion says it leveraged its experience and knowledge from manufacturing the LionC at its Saint-Jérôme site over the past seven years to realize production of the first unit at the Joliet, Ill. location.
The company says it has built its first LionC to meet growing demand for all-electric school buses, supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program.
Lion will initially focus on the manufacturing of all-electric school buses at its Joliet site, with production gradually ramping up, starting in the fourth quarter of 2022. The company expects the Joliet facility will have a production capacity of up to 20,000 all-electric buses and trucks, following the installation of the truck line and after completion of the production ramp-up and scale-up of manufacturing operations.
