Optimal Electric Vehicles, LLC

Optimal-EV is the market leader in the design, validation and manufacture of zero-emission electric low-floor shuttle buses. Optimal provides a suite of low-floor vehicle configurations and equipment options, which are quiet and ecologically efficient, for the seamless migration to a battery-electric fleet. Optimal’s journey into vehicle electrification began in 2015, integrating 33 years of automotive design and CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) optimization and validation skills, augmented by a seasoned bus manufacturing operations team. Leveraging our multi-industry insight and innovative approach to engineering and vehicle manufacturing, we identify and integrate the best industry solutions for the customer. Optimal proudly designs, engineers and manufactures vehicles in America, with our engineering and research center in Plymouth, Michigan and manufacturing center in Elkhart, Indiana.