Vicinity Motor appoints Brent Phillips as president

Vicinity Motor Corp. has commenced its next phase of growth with the appointment of Brent Phillips as President. As President, Phillips will lead the sales, assembly, procurement, and engineering teams, while also clearly setting the direction and expansion of the company’s sales and operations programs. To this end, the Company has commenced a strategic plan that, among other initiatives, will concentrate efforts on: Executing the plan to bring production of the Vicinity Lightning electric bus to Ferndale, WA; Enhancing the Company’s existing VMC 1200 Dealer network across Canada to ensure fleets have access to Canada’s only purpose built, fully-electric work truck, and that Dealers have the appropriate support for vehicle sales and service; and Initiating the launch strategy for a network of VMC 1200 Dealers across the U.S. Prior to joining Vicinity in 2021, Phillips served as General Manager at Alliance Bus Group.