Warranty coverage now region-bound—Lion Electric’s U.S. commitments voided after sale. Meanwhile, defective and unsafe buses remain grounded. Nearly 2,000 Lion Electric school buses in the U.S. have ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Montreal bus fire started in the LionC's heating system, according to the local fire service. The battery system of the ...
As Illinois Democrats welcome their party’s national convention next month, one of their crown jewels for environmental activism — an electric school bus factory — is fighting for its life. In Joliet, ...
Some U.S. school districts are stuck with broken or unsafe Lion Electric EV school buses. The districts received funding from the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program, which was part of the 2021 Bipartisan ...
The windshields still haunted Tom Olson as he walked through the Lion Electric school bus factory in Joliet for the final time last month. During nearly three years as the factory’s manufacturing ...
On September 9, 2025, another Lion Electric school bus burst into flames in Montreal — this time with five children and their driver on board. Thankfully, everyone escaped safely, but this marks the ...
Electric school bus maker Lion Electric has suspended manufacturing at its Joliet, Illinois facility after laying off nearly four hundred workers – more than half its global employees. The company ...
When electric school bus manufacturer Lion Electric opened its sprawling 900,000 square-foot factory in Joliet last year, Gov. JB Pritzker and both Illinois senators attended the ceremony. The ...
(TNS) — Lion Electric opened its sprawling 900,000-square-foot plant near Joliet, Illinois, in 2023, touting the potential for 1,400 new jobs. The Quebec-based electric school bus maker found eager ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 8—Extremely frustrating. A terrible experience. A problem from the word "go." These are just some of the characterizations of ...
On Sunday evening, some school boards, including the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) and the Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB), warned parents that buses would not be in service on Monday.