CN joins forces with Lion to create eight electric trucks

by Truck News

MONTREAL, Que. – CN announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Lion Electric Co. for the conception, design, and manufacturing of eight tandem axle, Class 8, zero-emission, electric trucks.

According to CN, the trucks will be deployed in cities across the CN network such as Vancouver, as well as the Greater Toronto, Montreal, and Hamilton areas. They will be tested for different tasks from urban delivery, container shuttle service, to port operations, and cross-town service.

The trucks will be custom-built to withstand the North American climate and road conditions. They will also produce no noise pollution and are set to remove 100 tons of greenhouse gas emissions from the road each year.

“This project is an example of CN’s commitment to sustainable business practices,” said Mark Lerner, vice-president of marketing and business development at CN. “By using these zero-emission trucks in different settings, we want to identify where these trucks can make the most impact on how we serve our customers and reduce our emissions. Over the last 25 years, CN has already reduced greenhouse gas emissions from its locomotives by 40% and we are constantly looking for innovative ways to continue down that path.”

“We are very pleased to support CN in its commitment to sustainable mobility,” added Partick Gervais, v.p. marketing and communications at The Lion Electric Co. “By purchasing zero-emission trucks from Lion, CN is also promoting local innovation and jobs. Lion Electric will have 200 employees by the end of 2019 and more than 1,000 within the next 10 years thanks to agreements like this one.”

Delivery of the trucks is expected in the summer of 2020. The terms of the MOU were not disclosed.


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  • I do not think cn should worry about trucking until they get dpf filters and def fluid on there train engines.where I have shop there is eight old engines from the fifties coughing out enough engine smoke to completely snuff out my shop going 24 hrs day
    how does that work.