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 hopes Canadian real estate developers Groupe Mach can save the day. The remaining 300-off Lion Electric employees are working to manage the company’s ongoing operations – including … Read more
The newest edition to the CAA-Quebec roadside fleet is a fully electric Lion5 flatbed – and the CAA says it’s the first 100% electrique tow truck in service in North America! Based on the Lion5 medium-duty truck and upfit with a flat bed body developed by XpaK Industries, CAA-Quebec (think AAA, but in Quebec) is marking … Read more
A 38-year-old man in India was mauled to death by a lion after he jumped into its enclosure at Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, on Thursday. The man, identified as Prahlad Gujjar, reportedly jumped into the enclosure to take a selfie with the lion. Gujjar, from Alwar, Rajasthan, was reportedly in an … Read more
The 300km journey from Francistown to Serowe, Botswana, is uneventful. The monotony of the terrain is broken once in a while. Livestock grazing at a distance is visible from here on the A1 national road. We encountered a roadblock before turning right at Palapye: a police officer waved the bus driver off soon after exchanging … Read more
