IKEA Canada takes bold step towards 100%
zero-emission delivery by 2025
Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: NGA) announces that
its proposed business combination partner, The Lion Electric
Company (Lion), a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and
heavy-duty urban vehicles, today announced that the company has
received a purchase order from IKEA Canada’s partner,
technology-enabled logistics and last mile delivery provider Second
Closet, for 15 Lion6 heavy-duty zero-emission trucks. Second Closet
will begin integrating zero-emission trucks into its fleet for IKEA
home deliveries in several markets across Canada.
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The IKEA and Second Closet co-branded five tonne EV trucks that
will service last mile deliveries for IKEA locations in
Boucherville, QC, Etobicoke, ON, Richmond, BC are scheduled to hit
the streets in fall 2021. This will enable IKEA to achieve 20% of
its ambitious zero emission delivery goals. The retailer is
committed to reaching its 2030 goal to become a circular and
climate positive business by reducing more greenhouse gas emissions
than the IKEA value chain emits while growing the IKEA business at
the same time.
The impacts of the global pandemic are moving consumer purchases
online and thereby increasing the demand for home deliveries. It
also increases the challenge this poses in terms of pollution,
congestion, and noise levels in our cities. In 2020, IKEA Canada
completed over 500,000 home deliveries, a 30% increase from
2019.
“Electrifying our last mile delivery service is an important
step in our journey to become climate positive by 2030, especially
with the rapid acceleration of our online business over the past
year,” said Michael Ward, CEO & Chief Sustainability Officer,
IKEA Canada. “We are pleased to work with Second Closet and Lion
Electric, two great Canadian innovators, to support us in meeting
our customers with people and planet in mind.”
IKEA Canada has been named amongst Canada’s greenest employers
for more than a decade and remains committed to its leadership in
sustainability. Further to its current zero-emission delivery
efforts, IKEA Canada has also achieved the unique status of
producing four times the energy that the company’s operations and
facilities consume, thanks to renewable energy produced by its wind
farms and rooftop solar panels. The company widely supports
electrification of transportation, providing electric vehicle
chargers at all 14 IKEA stores across Canada with a goal of halving
relative emissions from employees and customers by 2030.
“Lion is delighted to have been chosen as a key partner in IKEA
Canada’s incredibly ambitious goal of decarbonizing home delivery
by 2025. We believe this will be the first deployment of
all-electric delivery trucks at scale in Canada, serving as an
example for what’s possible with electrified fleets today and
setting up IKEA Canada and Second Closet for larger deployments in
the near future,” said Marc Bedard, CEO and Founder of Lion.
All of Lion’s vehicles are purpose-built for electric propulsion
from the ground up, and are manufactured at Lion’s North American
facility, which has a current capacity to produce approximately
2,500 electric trucks per year. Over the last decade, Lion has
established itself as a leader in the all-electric heavy-duty
vehicle industry, having delivered over 300 all-electric heavy-duty
vehicles in North America with over 6 million miles driven since
2016.
About Lion Electric
Lion Electric is an innovative manufacturer of zero-emission
vehicles. The company creates, designs and manufactures
all-electric class 5 to class 8 commercial urban trucks and
all-electric buses and minibuses for the school, paratransit and
mass transit segments. Lion is a North American leader in electric
transportation and designs, builds and assembles all its vehicles’
components, including chassis, battery packs, truck cabins and bus
bodies.
Always actively seeking new and reliable technologies, Lion
vehicles have unique features that are specifically adapted to its
users and their everyday needs. Lion believes that transitioning to
all-electric vehicles will lead to major improvements in our
society, environment and overall quality of life.
About Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp.
Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: NGA) is a special
purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a
merger, stock exchange, acquisition, reorganization or similar
business combination with one or more businesses. The Northern
Genesis management team brings a unique entrepreneurial
owner-operator mindset and a proven history of creating shareholder
value across the sustainable power and energy value chain. Northern
Genesis is committed to helping the next great public company find
its path to success; a path which will most certainly recognize the
growing sensitivity of customers, employees and investors to
alignment with the principles underlying sustainability.
Transaction with Northern Genesis
On November 30, 2020, Lion announced that it had entered into a
business combination agreement and plan of reorganization pursuant
to which, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing
conditions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lion will merge with
Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: NGA), a publicly traded
special purpose acquisition company focused on a commitment to
sustainability and strong alignment with environmental, social and
governance principles. Upon completion of the transaction, Lion is
expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under
the new ticker symbol “LEV”.
Important Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed business combination, Lion
Electric filed a registration statement on Form F-4 with the SEC
that was declared effective on March 24, 2021 (the “Registration
Statement”), which includes a proxy statement of Northern Genesis
and a prospectus of Lion Electric. The Registration Statement has
been declared effective by the SEC and the definitive proxy
statement/prospectus has been mailed out to Northern Genesis’
stockholders. Investors and security holders of Northern Genesis
and other interested parties are urged to read the Registration
Statement and the definitive proxy statement/prospectus (the “Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), any amendments to the foregoing, and
any other documents filed with the SEC, when available, because
they will contain important information about Lion Electric,
Northern Genesis and the proposed business combination. Investors
and security holders of Northern Genesis may obtain free copies of
the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and other documents filed with
the SEC by Northern Genesis and Lion Electric through the website
maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to:
Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp., 4801 Main Street, Suite 1000,
Kansas City, MO 64112 or (816) 514-0324. The information contained
on, or that may be accessed through, the websites referenced in
this press release is not incorporated by reference into, and is
not a part of, this press release.
Participants in the Solicitation
Northern Genesis and its directors and executive officers and
other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitations
of proxies from Northern Genesis’ stockholders in respect of the
proposed business combination. Lion Electric and its officers and
directors may also be deemed participants in such solicitation.
Information regarding Northern Genesis’ directors and executive
officers is available under the heading “Director and Executive
Officers” in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on
March 9, 2021 (the “IPO Prospectus”). Additional information
regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a
description of their direct and indirect interests, by security
holdings or otherwise, which may, in some cases, be different than
those of their stockholders generally, are contained in the Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus and will be contained in other relevant
materials to be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed
business combination when they become available. Stockholders,
potential investors and other interested persons should read the
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus carefully before making any voting
or investment decisions. These documents can be obtained free of
charge from the sources indicated above.
No Offer or Solicitation
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or constitute a
solicitation of any vote or approval. No offer of securities, other
than with respect to the concurrent private placement of Lion
shares as described in the Registration Statement, shall be made
except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section
10 of the Securities Act.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical facts
contained in this press release constitute “forward-looking
statements” (which shall include forward-looking information within
the meaning of Canadian securities laws) within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act. Forward-looking statements may
generally be identified by the use of words such as “believe,”
“may,” “will,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,”
“should,” “would,” “could,” “plan,” “project,” “potential,” “seem,”
“seek,” “future,” “target” or other similar expressions that
predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not
statements of historical matters, although not all forward-looking
statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding
the transaction, including with respect to timing and closing
thereof and the ability to consummate the transaction. These
statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not
identified in this press release, and on the current expectations
of Lion Electric’s and Northern Genesis’ management and are not
predictions of actual performance. Forward-looking statements
involve inherent risks and uncertainties, most of which are
difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of
Lion Electric and Northern Genesis, and are based on a number of
assumptions, as well as other factors that Lion Electric and
Northern Genesis believe are appropriate and reasonable in the
circumstances, but there can be no assurance that such estimates
and assumptions will prove to be correct or that the Lion
Electric’s vision, business, objectives, plans and strategies will
be achieved. Many risks and uncertainties could cause Lion
Electric’s actual results, performance or achievements or future
events or developments to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by the forward-looking statements, including those factors
discussed in the Registration Statement and Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus, as well as other documents filed or to be
filed by Lion Electric or Northern Genesis in accordance with
applicable securities laws. These factors are not intended to
represent a complete list of the factors that could affect Northern
Genesis or Lion Electric, and there may be additional risks that
neither Northern Genesis nor Lion Electric presently know or that
Northern Genesis and Lion Electric currently believe are immaterial
that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained
in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking
statements reflect Northern Genesis’ and Lion Electric’s
expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of
the date of this press release. Northern Genesis and Lion Electric
anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause their
respective assessments to change. However, while Northern Genesis
and Lion Electric may elect to update these forward-looking
statements at some point in the future, Northern Genesis and Lion
Electric have no intention and undertake no obligation to do so
except as required by applicable law. These forward-looking
statements should not be relied upon as representing Northern
Genesis’ and Lion Electric’s assessments as of any date subsequent
to the date of this press release.
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