Heavy Duty Trucking, November 2018
HDT NOVEMBER 2018 36 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM olvo Trucks will begin testing an all electric truck with two California based fleets in 2019 with plans to bring a truck based on the technology in Volvos existing European FE Electric to the North American market by 2020 The program Volvo Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions Volvo LIGHTS will involve 16 partners and deploy eight multi configuration battery electric Class 8 demonstration units to Dependable Highway Express a division of Dependable Supply Chain Services based in Ontario California and National Freight Inc better known as NFI at its operations in Chino California We see BEVs in the short term future being utilized for drayage and dedicated routes Since NFIs expertise is in dedicated contract carriage and drayage we hope to provide valuable input into the BEV development process said Bill Bliem senior vice president fleet services NFI Volvo electric truck making its way to West Coast The first Volvo FE Electric a refuse truck developed together with Europes leading refuse collection bodybuilder Faun will start operating in the beginning of 2019 in Hamburg Germany The underlying technology will be used for a North American truck Early last year NFI began exploring the reality of electric powered Class 8 tractors particularly for drayage operations In October 2017 NFI acquired California Cartage Company one of the largest port drayage companies in the country expanding its drayage operations Last November Bliem and his team met with their primary OEM suppliers and asked to be involved in battery electric vehicle development and testing in exchange for their input By Stephane Babcock Managing Editor sbabcock@ truckinginfo com FUEL SMARTS Volvo will test an all electric Class 8 truck with two California based fleets before introducing the vehicle to the North American market V PHOTOS VOLVO TRUCKS
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