Industry and member news

• Lightning eMotors appoints McNeil to lead lightning energy division 

  Lightning eMotors (Loveland, Colorado) named a new head of its Lightning Energy division and a new vice president of global manufacturing.

• Shyft Group plans medium-duty all-electric commercial chassis 

  he Shyft Group, Inc. unveiled plans to bring to market an all-electric purpose-built Class 3 chassis platform designed to serve a wide array of medium-duty truck markets.

• Battle Motors and PositiveEnergy partner for EV charging stations for EV trucks 

  Battle Motors, the owner and manufacturer of Crane Carrier trucks and a leader in the development of electric vehicle (EV) technology, has partnered with PositivEnergy to install charging stations at municipal accounts across North America.

• Allison Transmission SVP, Product Engineering & Planning, Randall R. Kirk to Retire Aug. 6, 2021 

  Allison Transmission (Indianapolis, Indiana) announced Randall R. Kirk, Senior Vice President, Product Engineering & Planning of Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. will retire, effective August 6, 2021.

• Lightning eMotors’ CEO and leadership team ring opening bell at New York Stock Exchange 

  Lightning eMotors (Loveland, Colorado) announced it began trading its common stock on NYSE under the new symbol “ZEV.”

• Ford F-150 Lightning Pro launched for commercial fleets 

  Ford recently dropped news of the all-new 2022 model-year F-150 Lightning Pro - an all-electric F-Series truck purpose-built for commercial customers.

• Peterbilt expands dealer network in first half of 2021 

  Peterbilt Motors Company (Denton, Texas) announced the opening of two new dealership locations. Rush Peterbilt Truck Center, Phoenix East in Mesa, Arizona, and Peterbilt of Augusta in Augusta, Georgia, are the newest additions to Peterbilt’s growing

• BYD Buses, Trucks Eligible for $165 Million in HVIP Money 

  BYD Motors, LLC (Los Angeles, California) announced buyers of its line of American-made battery-electric transit buses, motor coaches, and heavy-duty trucks are eligible for $165 million in funds through the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Hybr

• Ford to reveal all-electric F-150 Lightning on May 19, 2021 

  Ford (Dearborn, Michigan) revealed their smartest, most innovative truck yet will be all-electric and called F-150 Lightning. The all-new F-150 Lightning will be revealed May 19, 2021, at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn.

• SEA Electric grows with electrification solutions, new facilities, and management growth 

  SEA Electric (Los Angeles, California) is growing its strategic assembly facilities and technical centers while expanding an experienced management team throughout North America to meet the demands and opportunities for commercial and transit program