Lightning eMotors announced customer ACE Parking’s San Diego Airport ZEV4 and ZEV5 bus fleet surpassed one million all-electric, zero-emission miles.
Lightning CRO Kash Sethi says ACE Parking’s San Diego Airport fleet is a success story for Lightning and fleet electrification. He says it’s a point of pride to see a Lightning eMotors’ customer pass the one-million-mile mark. “It’s been an honor to be ACE’s chosen partner in this important deployment,” Sethi says. “We’re looking forward to many more miles with ACE.”
REACHING A MILESTONE
Lightning delivered 16 Class 4 ZEV4 and 8 Class 5 ZEV5 electric shuttle buses to ACE Parking in 2020. Since deployment, the fleet transported more than 1.5 million passengers over one million miles. The fleet also mitigated over 1,050 tons of C02 emissions from the atmosphere. The fleet is supported by Lightning Insights™, Lightning’s leading EV-specific telematics service that monitors vehicle location, efficiency, charge status, and more in real time. The ZEV4 and ZEV5 zero-emission shuttle buses have averaged 41.1 and 34.4 MPGe respectively. This is over five times more efficient than comparable gasoline shuttles, such as the Ford E-450 with 7.3 mpg.
“Lightning has been a good partner for us, providing strong service and support throughout the deployment despite ongoing gen1-technology hurdles,” says Steve Burton, president of ACE Parking. “We’re very happy with the environmental benefits of our Lightning fleet, while our drivers and passengers enjoy the quiet, refined performance only an EV can deliver.”
Lightning now delivers the third generation of its ZEV4 bus with additional benefits. These include the batteries fully contained between the frame rails, redundant parking brake, push button shifting, and more.
The ACE Parking vehicles participated in the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP). HVIP provides point-of-sale discounts to organizations and companies for the purchase of low- or zero- emission commercial fleet vehicles. To date, program funding has helped more than 11,000 clean vehicles begin operation across the state. This has sped up California’s electric transition, cutting emissions and improving air quality, as a result.
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