CATL to supply batteries to commercial vehicle maker Lightning eMotors

Proterra

13/12/2021 13:00

Dec 13 (Reuters) - Lightning eMotors  ZEV.N , a supplier of
electrified commercial vehicles, has signed a two-year supply
deal with Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology
Co Ltd  300750.SZ , the companies said on Monday.
    CATL will supply 30- and 35-kilowatt-hour battery packs to
Lightning, which converts a range of combustion vehicles, from
delivery vans to school buses, to run on battery electric power.
    Colorado-based Lightning, which went public earlier this
year in a reverse merger with GigCapital3, said it will buy
battery packs in several configurations from CATL.
    Lightning also buys battery packs from Proterra Inc  PTRA.O 
for its all-electric conversion of the Ford Transit van. Ford
Motor Co  F.N  plans to begin building its own e-Transit next
year in Kansas City.
    Production of Lightning vehicles with CATL batteries will
begin in March.

 (Reporting by Paul Lienert in Detroit
Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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