Lion Electric

Autobus Lion

The first school bus manufacturer founded in North America in the 21st century, Autobus Lion/Lion Bus is also the first manufacturer of full-size school buses in Canada since the closure of Les Enterprises Michel Corbeil in 2007. Lion Bus was created in 2008 by former Corbeil executives Marc Bédard and Camile Chartrand .

In 2011, the company introduced its first bus, the Lion 360°, a cowled-chassis school bus, produced in a partnership with Spartan Chassis, Inc. In contrast to other manufacturers of full-size buses, the 360 was offered by itself, to streamline production costs.

La Compagnie Électrique Lion

In June 2017, Lion Bus rebranded itself as the Lion Electric Company. As part of the transition, the company announced the development of a second bus design, a flat-floor fully electric minibus for school and transit applications . In addition, Lion announced the development of Class 5-8 fully electric trucks, with a planned launch in fall 2018.In November 2017, Power Energy , announced a major investment in Lion Electric. In the summer of 2018, the company established a base of operations in central California.In 2021, Lion announced a new manufacturing facility in Joliet, Illinois to produce its electric buses and trucks, and became a public company by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company . In May 2021, Lion received an order from First Student for 260 electric buses, its largest order at that point.