Lightning Electric Transit is a purpose-built commercial vehicle available as delivery vans, ambulances, school buses, RVs, and more Expected to support annual production of nearly 100 vehicles in 2021 and up to 3,000 vehicles by 2023 Lightning eMotors to deliver its first Proterra Powered vehicles later this year Burlingame, Calif. and Loveland, Colo. March 19, […]
Initial contract phase with Highland Electric Transportation to deploy 326 Thomas Built electric school buses powered by Proterra MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland, February 25, 2021– The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education approved a contract on Tuesday evening with Highland Electric Transportation, a provider of turnkey electric fleet solutions, to convert its school bus […]
London, England / Burlingame, California, February 17, 2021 – Volta Trucks, the full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, has selected Proterra, a leading innovator in commercial vehicle electrification technology, as the battery supplier for the Volta Zero. The Volta Zero is the world’s first purpose-built, full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle designed specifically for inner city freight distribution. This […]
Komatsu Agreement Represents Proterra’s Entry Into Off-Road EV Market and First Electric Construction Equipment BURLINGAME, Calif. January 25, 2021 – Proterra, a leading innovator in commercial vehicle electrification technology, and Komatsu, a global leader in construction equipment, today announced an agreement to leverage Proterra’s best-in-class battery technology for the development of Komatsu’s first battery-electric middle […]
Provides Resources to Take Proterra’s Proven Portfolio of Next Generation Electric Vehicle Technology to New Levels of Growth Includes $415 Million PIPE Investments Anchored by Daimler Trucks as well as Franklin Templeton, Chamath Palihapitiya, Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, and Funds and Accounts Managed by BlackRock Proterra to Have up to $825 Million in […]
EV bus manufacturer and technology provider commits to goal of hiring 50% of its workers from communities facing significant barriers to employment, such as veterans, women, and people of color. LOS ANGELES, December 23, 2020 – Jobs to Move America’s community-labor coalition in California along with Proterra, a leading innovator in heavy duty electric transportation, […]
First-of-its-kind facility will create jobs and expand California’s battery production capacity City of Industry, Calif. – December 10, 2020 – Proterra, a leading innovator in heavy-duty electric transportation, today announced the opening of a new battery production line co-located in its EV bus manufacturing facility in Los Angeles County. The new battery production line will […]
Broward County Transit agrees to purchase 12 40-foot Proterra ZX5 battery-electric transit buses BURLINGAME, Calif. November 19, 2020 – Proterra, a leading innovator in heavy-duty electric transportation, today announced that Broward County Transit (BCT) has agreed to purchase 12 40-foot Proterra® ZX5™ battery-electric transit buses with 660 kWh of onboard energy and the DuoPower™ drivetrain. […]
JACKSON, WYO. November 13, 2020 – START Bus and Proterra, a leading innovator in heavy-duty electric transportation, unveiled the community’s first of eight Proterra® ZX5 battery-electric transit buses. They are the first battery-electric buses in Wyoming and first Proterra ZX5 buses to be deployed in the United States. START Bus will put the buses into […]