Commercial electrification specialist Lightning eMotors is celebrating its latest company feat in the form of Altoona testing certification for its ZEV3 battery electric passenger van. By receiving certification of granular testing by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the ZEV3 becomes the first Class 3 battery electric van to pass Altoona, meaning its purchases can now qualify for grants at both the federal and state level.
Lightning eMotors ($ZEV) designs, engineers, customizes, and manufactures a variety of EVs to support a growing array of needs for fleet customers. In addition to providing specialized electric conversions of existing platforms developed by other OEMs like Ford and GM, it has been offering its customers purpose-built EVs on its own proprietary platform since early 2022.
In addition to building EVs, Lightning eMotors has…