- Lightning’s medium-duty zero-emission fleet offerings now
include Level 2 and Level 4 autonomous vehicle capability
- Perrone’s vehicle-agnostic TONY® AV system is available for all
Lightning vehicle orders
- Perrone’s proven Lidar-centric autonomous technology a
differentiating factor
Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV), a leading provider of
zero-emission medium-duty commercial vehicles and electric vehicle
technology for fleets, and Perrone Robotics have partnered to offer
Class 3 - 7 commercial fleet customers self-driving, electric fleet
vehicles that can be deployed for a wide range of dedicated
uses.
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A Lightning electric van equipped with
Perrone Robotics’ autonomous driving system goes through its paces
at Perrone’s proving ground in Crozet, Virginia (Photo: Lightning
eMotors)
The partnership expands Lightning’s zero-emissions EV platform
offerings to include Perrone’s AV-powered technology, TONY®, a
vehicle-independent retrofit kit designed to enable vehicles to
transport people and goods in geo-fenced and dedicated driving
routes. Vehicles equipped with Perrone’s self-driving technology
embedded into Lightning’s vehicles for both cargo and passenger
uses can be ordered immediately.
“We were looking for partners who could deliver autonomous
capabilities to our customers today, and in the future — and that’s
what Perrone offers,” Lightning eMotors CEO Tim Reeser said. “We
offer perhaps the widest range of electric commercial vehicles in
North America, and now we have an autonomous vehicle solution for
our products, ranging from ambulances to campus shuttles and other
commercial applications.”
PIDC, Philadelphia's public-private economic development
corporation, is the first Lightning eMotors customer to purchase a
self-driving, all-electric shuttle powered by Perrone’s TONY AV
kit. Pennsylvania's first AV shuttle will provide transportation
services to visitors and employees within the Philadelphia Navy
Yard, a 1,200-acre dynamic, urban development centrally located in
the popular waterfront business campus. Lightning and Perrone are
in active discussions with a number of other potential customers as
well.
Perrone is a leading provider of AV technology and turnkey
vehicle solutions. The company holds a Pioneer Patent for its “MAX”
general purpose robotics operating system, which is the backbone of
its TONY solution. Together with MAX, TONY is one of the most
flexible and adaptable AV solutions available in the current
market. Perrone’s AV retrofit kit can be integrated into new
vehicles and can also be integrated into existing, repowered
vehicles.
“A lot of electric vehicle manufacturers are focused on just one
vehicle size, and in many cases it’s a bespoke custom platform,”
Perrone Robotics, Inc. founder and CEO Paul Perrone said. “But
that’s not how we operate at Perrone – our partnership with
Lightning is an example of how we want to make a bigger impact.
Lightning’s wide range of vehicles is aligned perfectly with the
way we want to help foster the widespread adoption of self-driving
technology.”
Initially, Lightning will deploy Perrone’s technology into two
product categories, including fully autonomous Level 4 application
environments with dedicated routes such as college campuses, and
Level 2 applications for high-end visual and safety features for
commercial vehicles. Currently, Level 4 vehicles can only operate
in geo-fenced areas, but demand for this use is rising as campuses,
logistics yards, downtown business districts, resorts, and other
organizations and municipalities seek EV/AV solutions.
Level 2 autonomous vehicles are also seeing rising demand,
especially for transit vehicle operators, who can benefit from the
state-of-the-art safety features, including lane-keeping
capability, adaptive cruise control and forward collision
avoidance. All of these features are now available among
Lightning’s platform offerings and will be powered by lidar
technology, fused with radar to add an additional layer of
redundancy that’s important for all Lightning applications.
“Our customers are telling us they want this technology and now
we can deliver it. These vehicles are ideal for college campuses,
downtown business districts, vacation resorts and for large
logistics yards,” Reeser said. “And, thanks to our partnership with
Perrone, we stand alone as the only all-electric commercial vehicle
provider that can offer Class 3 – 7 medium-duty vehicles that are
fully autonomous and are certified by the departments of
transportation, local transit agencies and other commercial
organizations.”
A video of a Lightning electric van equipped with Perrone
Robotics’ autonomous system can be found here:
https://link.assetfile.io/4njY9uifJsHAg1BPHcR52q.mp4.
About Lightning eMotors
Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV), based in Loveland,
Colorado, has been providing specialized and sustainable fleet
solutions since 2009, deploying complete zero-emission-vehicle
(ZEV) solutions for commercial fleets since 2018 – including Class
3 cargo and passenger vans, Class 4 and 5 cargo vans and shuttle
buses, Class 4 Type A school buses, Class 6 work trucks, Class 7
city buses, and Class A motor coaches. The Lightning eMotors team
designs, engineers, customizes, and manufactures zero-emission
vehicles to support the wide array of fleet customer needs
including school buses and ambulances, with a full suite of control
software, telematics, analytics, and charging solutions to simplify
the buying and ownership experience and maximize uptime and energy
efficiency. Lightning eMotors also offers charging technologies and
“charging as a service” (CaaS) to commercial and government fleets
via its Lightning Energy division. To learn more, visit
https://lightningemotors.com.
About Perrone Robotics, Inc.
Perrone is a leading provider of fully automated vehicle
systems. The company delivers mobility excellence via TONY® (short
for "TO Navigate You"), a vehicle independent retrofit kit for use
in the automated transit of people and goods in geo-fenced and
localized operations. TONY embeds inside any vehicle type or model,
for any job application to provide a complete "artificial driver"
solution that brings full autonomy in a safety certifiable
framework. Proven, piloted, and in commercial production, Perrone
automated systems help commercial, municipal, and governmental
customers increase transportation efficiencies, enhance safety, and
accelerate zero-emission electric vehicle deployment. The company
also offers a portfolio of existing turnkey automated shuttles and
vehicles pre-integrated with the TONY AV-Retrofit kit. Learn more @
www.perronerobotics.com or follow us @perronerobotics.
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duration of the COVID-19 pandemic as it affects the business
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market conditions and federal, state, and local laws, regulations
and government incentives, particularly those related to the
commercial electric vehicle market, and the regulation of
autonomous vehicles; (vi) the size and growth of the markets in
which Lightning eMotors operates; (vii) the mix of products
utilized by Lightning eMotors’ customers and such customers’ needs
for these products; (viii) market acceptance of new product
offerings and whether this will be a catalyst for others to
purchase electric vehicles and (ix) the rate at which customers
deploy its electric vehicle. These and other risks are described
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Exchange Commission and other documents that it subsequently files
with the SEC from time to time. Moreover, Lightning eMotors
operates in a competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new
risks may emerge from time to time. You should not put undue
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