Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
Issue link: http://read.uberflip.com/i/1004801
commercial carrier journal | july 2018 25 Lite Check_CCJ0618_PG.indd 2 4/30/18 9:34 AM Lion debuts electric bus, preps for trucking T he Lion Electric Co. last month revealed its all-electric 26-foot minibus, the eLionM, a 160-kWh vehicle built with a low floor for the paratransit, transit and urban segments. It features a single-charge range of 150 miles and a 200-hp-equivalent electric motor. "e eLionM will serve so many purposes that we already nicknamed it our 'Swiss Army knife,' " said Marc Bedard, Lion founder and chief execu- tive officer. e company now is taking pre-orders. Lion is an integrated OEM that makes its own chasses, battery packs and bodies and has spent the last eight years designing and developing all-electric vehicles and the last three years commercializing its all-electric Type C school bus. e company boasts North America's largest fleet of e-school buses and has deployed more than 150 eLionC models that have logged more than a million miles. e company plans to manufacture a new line of all-electric trucks next year using the technologies it has developed across its bus lineup. e company is targeting Class 5-8 medium- to heavy-duty urban trucks in applications ranging from ambulances to service trucks, cranes and delivery trucks, said Peter Rego, chief commercial officer. – Jason Cannon BYD delivers battery-electric truck to Port of Oakland BYD, a manufacturer of electric vehicles, delivered its first battery-electric 8TT truck to the Port of Oakland. e Class 8 truck was grant-funded by the California Air Resources Board and will be part of a three-year feasibil- ity study to determine whether zero-emissions trucks can replace diesel trucks. e truck will be tested for short-haul operations by GSC Logistics and will be used to shuttle cargo containers between its depot and Oakland marine terminals. GSC hauls 120,000 containers of cargo across Northern California and Nevada annually, manages 200 owner-operated trucks and operates five short-haul company trucks. "BYD is proud to celebrate the deployment of our 8TT truck in partnership with CARB and GSC Logistics to prove that clean battery-electric transportation is reliable, sustainable and readily available for the drayage industry," said Stella Li, president of BYD Motors. Li said that by using battery-electric trucks, companies such as GSC can lower op- erating costs while improving air quality through the elimination of pollution caused by diesel trucks. As the Port of Oakland updates its Maritime Air Quality Improve- ment Plan, it plans to emphasize zero-emissions technology. – Jason Cannon Lion's all-electric 26-foot minibus, the eLionM, is a 160-kWh vehicle that features a single-charge range of 150 miles and a 200-hp-equivalent electric motor. BYD's battery-electric 8TT truck will be tested for short-haul operations by GSC Logistics as part of a feasibility study.