Transportation and logistics service provider Schneider will review an electric truck from Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) to receive real-world classes about the new generation and deploy large-scale electric trucks in the industry, the company said today.
Beginning last summer and ending in the summer of 2021, Schneider will take part in the Freightliner Customer Experience (CX) all-electric fleet, a component of DTNA’s ongoing initiative for consumers to interact in the process of developing electric application cars through implementation. trucks in realistic applications.
Schneider, founded in Green Bay, Wisconsin, will check the eCascadia, a Class 8 tractor, to stumble and address potential demanding situations related to the widespread use of advertising battery electric vehicles. Subsequently, the corporation will provide feedback to DTNA on processes such as: the most productive mode type, shipping characteristics and operating spaces for the vehicle’s cargo range; Pricing needs to maximize the service cycle and modifications to the amenities needed to accommodate electric trucks.
“From the driver’s point of view, you’ll have a wonderful trip,” Jake VandeLoo, Schneider’s vice president of equipment engineering, said in a statement. “The truck is very quiet with little or no vibration, and when accelerating on a direct line there is no genuine loss of strength or torque. The overall feeling is very sweet.”
Schneider’s eCascadia pilot is in the midst of a wave of other recent models, which Daimler says can a fleet’s carbon footprint by providing 0 exhaust emissions while providing a diversity of up to 250 miles, designed for local and regional distribution and billing responsibilities, and the ability to recharge up to 80% of its 525-horsepower engine in just 90 minutes.
In August, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., founded in Lowell, Arkansas, said he had completed his first delivery of the Freightliner eCascadia for a 120-mile intermodal transportation to Walmart. J.B. Hunt will now integrate eCascadia into the day-to-day operations of his fleet in Los Angeles for a three-month testing phase.
And in July, Penske Truck Leasing, founded in Reading, Pennsylvania, a member of Daimler’s verification team, added the Freightliner eM2 electric battery to its electric vehicle program, which will be used through EnerSys, a provider of stored energy responses for commercial applications.
Some of the development of electric truck adoption is being driven through a recent California initiative to demand zero-emission trucks statewide through 2045. For this expansion of battery-powered vehicles, investments are also expanding into the charging infrastructure needed to recharge them. cells of strength.
Also in August, Penske opened its sixth heavy electric car charging station in Southern California. The Ontario, California site uses a battery power garage formula manufactured through Fluence Energy LLC, a Siemens and AES company, which is designed to offset demand during peak rate periods of the power network. “With the recent resolution that all new trucks sold in California deserve to be zero-emissions until 2045, this partnership represents our commitment to helping Penske and the state achieve their transportation electrification goals,” said John DeBoer, Siemens’ eMobility director and North American long-term enterprise network, said in a statement. “Our focus on network connection responses, adding Maxx HP charging stations and fluence battery garage, will help Penske reduce emissions and increase resilience.
At the same time, other brands of electric trucks have been added to the market, backed by the accumulation of advertising orders.
In August, Nikola Corp. announced that it had registered orders for at least 2500 electrified garbage trucks, expandable to 5000 games, from Republic Services, founded in Phoenix, Arizona, the largest recycling and forged waste supplier in the United States. complete production deliveries are about to begin in 2023 with road tests likely to begin in early 2022. Nikola says cars will travel up to 150 miles on an unwrified load while exceeding the characteristics of diesel or herbal fuel in strength and torque, and withstand quieter emissions and free waste collection.
The same month, Firefly Transportation Services (Firefly TS) said it had partnered with Kansas City-based electric vehicle manufacturer Orange EV to deliver the new all-electric T-Series Tandem (TST) terminal truck to a Chicago-area customer. This app focuses on sorting service and comes and goes in short distances with terminal trucks, also called backyard trucks, observers or hostlers. The Orange EV T-Series Tandem 6×2 is designed to work on both private and public roads, legally carrying a batch weighing up to 81,000 pounds.
And in July, Workhorse Group Inc., in Loveland, Ohio, won an order from 20 of its all-electric C-1000 delivery cars from Cincinnati, the new eTrucks truck company.