Lightning Systems takes over entire current building for production ramp-up

LOVELAND — Lightning Systems is in the middle of renovating tens of thousands of newly-leased square footage at its headquarters as it prepares to potentially triple output for its electric powertrains.

The Loveland-based electric vehicle powertrain maker expanded its lease last month in the Rocky Mountain Center for Innovation and Technology from about 40 percent of a single building to the entirety of that 142,000-square-foot building, spokesman Dan Bennett told BizWest.

That additional 60 percent of the building is approximately 85,200 square feet of additional space.

Lightning Systems makes electric engines and transmissions that replace…