Lightning Hybrids buses to transport Denali National Park visitors

LOVELAND — Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska has taken delivery of its first two hydraulic hybrid vehicles from Loveland-based Lightning Hybrids LLC, the company said Tuesday.

The shuttle buses, one a Chevrolet and the other a Freightliner, will transport park visitors along the 14-mile paved section of the 92-mile long Denali Park Road at the entrance to the park. The road, the only one in the 6-million-acre park, runs parallel to the Alaska Range and travels through low valleys and high-mountain passes, giving visitors views of bears, caribou, wolves, moose, Dall sheep and other wildlife, as well as of…