Medium-duty industrial EV producer Lightning eMotors has began the manufacturing of its next-generation GM-based Lightning ZEV4 work vans.

Lightning is providing the ZEV4 for a number of automobile functions, together with field vans, stake mattress vans, utility vans, dump mattress vans and every day work/landscaping vans, along with cargo supply automobiles, shuttle buses, faculty buses and extra.

The versatile Lightning ZEV4 mannequin is supplied with 120 kWh batteries positioned throughout the body rails, delivering 241 horsepower, 790 pound-feet of torque and a spread of as much as 130 miles, in addition to improved weight distribution for higher dealing with and improved security, says the corporate. The Lightning ZEV4 is able to Stage 2 AC and 80 kW DC quick charging.

As well as, Lightning’s ZEV4 platform is appropriate with quite a lot of our bodies from producers, together with Knapheide, Rockport Vehicles, Brown Industries and Morgan Company. At present manufacturing volumes, ZEV4 work vans are usually out there for supply four-to-six months from the order date.

“There has by no means been a greater time for Class 4 work truck operators to improve their fleets to zero-emission automobile know-how,” mentioned Lightning eMotors CRO Kash Sethi. “Aggressive funding applications—a lot of which might be stacked to optimize each buy subsidies and tax incentives—mixed with superior information monitoring and insights capabilities of our GM-based Lightning ZEV4 create an thrilling atmosphere for operators to behave.”

Supply: Lightning eMotors