After just lately shifting its headquarters and increasing its sq. footage from 45,000 to 124,000, Lightning eMotors is now including one other 107,000 sq. toes in an adjoining constructing of its headquarters.
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Lightning eMotors is increasing manufacturing to satisfy the rising demand for electrical automobiles from industrial and authorities fleets.
After just lately shifting its headquarters and increasing its sq. footage from 45,000 to 124,000, Lightning eMotors is now including one other 107,000 sq. toes in an adjoining constructing of its headquarters, for a complete of 231,000 sq. toes of area for its operations, the corporate stated. Lightning has the primary proper of acceptance on greater than 500,000 sq. toes of further manufacturing area if it determines buyer demand requires the extra area.
“The extra area helps us to accommodate the elevated variety of electrical van and truck tasks which can be contracted for 2021, in addition to our work on charging infrastructure for fleets and electrical motorcoach repowers,” stated Keith Lehmeier, director of analysis and growth for Lightning eMotors. “Importantly, the enlargement will allow our group to work each quicker and smarter, with extra testing gear and automation. As we rent engineers, it offers us room to have top-notch amenities for them to work.”
Through the summer season and fall of 2020, the corporate ramped up manufacturing by greater than 600% and it just lately doubled its workforce and expects to double it once more in 2021, the corporate stated.
As part of the enlargement, Lightning eMotors has added know-how and automation, together with CNC laser slicing and powder-coating gear to raised allow to regulate high quality, speed up growth and manufacturing, and cut back prices,
Lightning eMotors affords a full vary of medium-duty battery-electric and gas cell industrial electrical automobiles, in addition to electrical motorcoaches for North American car operators, in response to the corporate.
