This Wednesday, January 18th, Rotary welcomes CSU alum Tim Reeser, CEO and Co-Founder of Lightning eMotors, to our noon meeting at the Lincoln Center. Following Tim’s intro by Dave Stewart, he will explain the story of Lightning eMotors, which produces electric fleet medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. His company’s products include delivery trucks, shuttle buses, passenger vans, chassis-cab models, and city transit buses. In addition, the Lightning products include integrated all-electric powertrains for the Ford Transit 350HD passenger and cargo vans, Ford E-450 shuttle bus and cutaway models, Ford F-59 step/food van, Ford F-550 cargo trucks and buses, Chevrolet 6500XD Low Cab Forward model, and 30-foot, 35-foot, and 40-foot transit buses.
Our guest reports that …. “The Lightning team works with forward-thinking fleets to provide the right electric powertrain on the right chassis in the right drive cycle. Lightning’s products improve a fleet’s operating costs and safety and make sure they are driving the cleanest and most advanced technology available.”
Tim has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from CSU, and has been involved with alternative transportation technology since 1990, when he helped design the first dedicated CNG truck for General Motors while at Colorado State University. Prior to co-founding Lightning eMotors, Tim served as Vice President of Colorado State University Ventures, where he spun out clean-tech companies and built the framework to support accelerated growth of spin-outs and spin-ins at CSU. Prior to working at CSU, Tim founded, ran and successfully exited multiple software and IT infrastructure companies. Tim is an award-winning speaker and technical author and speaks regularly at industry conferences and events.