Stalled government subsidies and expanding too fast contributed to closure of Joliet plant that made electric school buses.

The most confounding thing about a Lion Electric school bus is that it’s so simple. Workers start with a few steel beams, a couple of dozen fiberglass panels around a metal body shell ...

With his district’s Lion Electric buses failing too, Andrew Dolloff, superintendent of Yarmouth schools, asked the state for replacements over a month ago and hasn’t received an answer.

JOLIET — It's been more than three and a half years since Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker visited Joliet to reveal that Lion Electric, a Canadian electric-bus manufacturing company in Quebec ...

(TNS) — Lion Electric opened its sprawling 900,000-square-foot plant near Joliet, Illinois, in 2023, touting the potential for 1,400 new jobs. The Quebec-based electric school bus maker found ...

These are just some of the characterizations of the saga involving electric school buses provided to eight Maine school districts by Lion Electric, a now cash-strapped Canadian manufacturer.

For those schools, answers can’t come fast enough. Of the nine Maine school districts who received buses from Lion Electric Co. paid for by federal grants, plus Vinalhaven, which bought a bus ...

Winthrop, Vinalhaven and Yarmouth are among the districts reporting problems with electric school buses. The Maine Department of Education advised that Lion Electric Co. buses be parked until ...

School districts interested in acquiring an all-electric school bus can also benefit from the Lion Customer Success team, who are experts in supporting the transition to zero emissions and ...

JOLIET, Ill., Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - The Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV) ("Lion" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles ...