Canadian EV manufacturer Lion Electric will deliver 10 all-electric Lion6 trucks to Amazon, with the first two units to be handed over before the end of the year. The Quebec-based company says Amazon plans to use the vehicles in its middle mile trucking operations, which involve the transport of items within the online retail giant’s network. The battery-powered Lion6 trucks will help Amazon deliver on its goal of decarbonizing its transportation operations in support of The Climate Pledge.
As part of the delivery, Lion will provide
a one-time training to Amazon and the drivers who will operate the e-trucks.
The Canadian company will also set up a maintenance program for the EVs, as
part of its expanding network of Experience Centers. The order from Amazon
follows a 50-truck Lion8 order from CN, the company’s largest to date.
Lion builds the electric trucks at its
Quebec facility which has a current capacity of 2,500 units per year. The
company is also planning to open a larger factory in the U.S. “in the
foreseeable future” to accommodate significant growing demand for its EVs from
south of the border. Its lineup includes class 5 to class 8 commercial urban trucks
available under various configurations, including straight truck, tractor,
reefer, bucket and refuse trucks.
All these models are purpose-built for
electric propulsion and provide driving ranges of up to 402 km. The
trucks offer modularity in energy capacity, are agnostic on charging technology
and vehicle-to-grid enabled. Besides trucks, Lion also makes all-electric buses
and minibuses for the school, paratransit, and mass transit segments.
Lion says it has more than 10 years of
experience developing all-electric vehicles and battery systems, including 6
million miles driven on its platforms since 2016. The company’s largest
shareholder is Power Sustainable Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Power Corporation of Canada.
