Two trucking companies and their truck manufacturer partners are getting a big funding boost to speed up the transition to zero-emission drayage trucks serving the Port of Los Angeles.
Performance Team is working with Volvo Trucks North America dealership TEC Equipment to integrate its growing battery-electric fleet into its Southern California operations.
The Vendor Direct Shipping program lets fleets order charging hardware solutions directly from Volvo Trucks dealers when they purchase VNR Electric trucks.
Performance Team, a Maersk company, is ordering 110 more Volvo VNR Electric trucks — Volvo's largest global order of Class 8 electric trucks to date.
WattEV is building a public network of truck charging depots to support its program, which provides shippers and carriers access to battery-electric trucks at a per-mile rate.
Food service logistics supplier Quality Custom Distribution will deploy 14 Volvo VNR Electric models in its Southern California last-mile delivery routes over the next two years.
Full-scale production of Volvo's VNR Electric regional-haul tractors will begin in early 2021. The company aims to provide not just an electric truck, but a whole end-to-end solution, including charging and maintenance.
Volvo Trucks North America announced it will begin selling the Volvo VNR Electric truck model on Dec. 3. It will start producing the VNR Electric at its New River Valley manufacturing plant in Dublin, Virginia, in early 2021.
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