Lightning eMotors leases additional 107,000 square feet of production space

LOVELAND — Electric vehicle maker and retrofitter Lightning eMotors Inc. added 107,000 square feet of new space to its current home in Loveland’s Rocky Mountain Center for Innovation and Technology as it prepares for a major scale-up in production.

In a statement, the Loveland company said it now holds 231,000 square feet in the RMCIT and has the first right of acceptance for more than 500,000 square feet of additional space in the business park.

The new space will initially be used for research-and-development purposes ahead of a second phase to add automation equipment to meet…