The Lion Electric Company has chosen Joliet, Ailing., for the development of its U.S. manufacturing facility. 

The brand new facility will characterize the most important devoted manufacturing website for zero-emission medium and heavy-duty automobiles within the U.S. and Lion’s greatest footprint available in the market, giving the corporate the power to fulfill the growing demand within the market for “Made in America” zero-emission automobiles, whereas concurrently bringing manufacturing nearer to its prospects. As a part of its settlement with the federal government of Illinois, Lion has dedicated to an preliminary funding of a minimum of U.S. $70 million over a 3-year interval.

The 900,000 sq-ft facility, for which constructing ramp up is anticipated within the second half of 2021, is anticipated so as to add a minimal of 745 clear vitality direct jobs to the area over the following three years, with an annual manufacturing capability of as much as 20,000 all-electric buses and vans. This extra manufacturing capability will help Lion in scaling electrical bus manufacturing because the U.S. market strikes to impress a big portion of its college bus fleet, in addition to to supply a bigger variety of heavy-duty zero-emission vans as governments and operators all through the U.S. look to decarbonize freight and transportation fleets. Lion anticipates that the primary automobiles will roll off the manufacturing line within the second half of 2022.