Converting a fleet of trucks from diesel to electrical energy can provide many benefits. But launching such a project is more difficult than just connecting a wire in the wall port. The fleet operators can overwhelm the huge number of tasks concerned and decisions that must be taken – from installing the shipping infrastructure to choosing a truck model, training maintenance sets to repair, drawing maps with charging stations, and spreading the car on the most efficient road.
After all, logistical services companies specialize in dealing with and providing shipping, and not writing business plans. But Calstarat is non -profitable, she says it has a solution. The group depends on the lessons it learned from California Programs Management and participates in knowledge at the country level with fleets that are considering switching to electrical energy.
Like a personal trainer who helps customers reach their fitness goals, Calstart consults with truck transport companies to help them get the most beneficial from their battery -run trucks. This process often begins with a travel offer, as CALSTART hosts an offer and cancellation of electrical trucks. A modern event in Natick, Massachusetts, these editorial offices in this magazine – how the system works.
Visitors saw a virtual joke zoo from parked electric trucks on farm ground and a local orchard. Like zoo animals, these trucks came in every size and shape, including Freightliner Class 8 truck, Windrose Class 8, Brightdrop Zevo 600 Van, Sea Body Body Truck, Kenworth K270 Class 6, Indigo truck Flex with Bollegrant Motors B4 B4 and Skerdent Labor/MoVing Sear Cox.
Just as wild animals are flourishing in certain environments, electric truck fleets can obtain important support from regional or government business policies and incentives. Take Massachusetts, for example. According to CALSTART, Massachusetts supports the transition from diesel to electrical models through policies such as the state’s adoption of 2021 for the advanced clean truck base in California, which requires vehicle manufacturers to increase the percentage of trucks with zero emissions they sell in the state starting from the 2025 model.
But electric trucks also work in any state. The incentives of the work make it easier, but supporters of the event said that the EV fleet (the electric car) can bear fruit anywhere. Depending on the company’s goals, its electrical trucks can help them reduce the total cost of ownership, achieve government climate goals, reduce their environmental impact, create a more sustainable brand image, and even attract a new wave of talent as new employees.
Fleet operators who attended the free event obtained practical tours of various models of medium and arduous trucks in emissions and spoke with local fleet owners about their experiences. The attendees also connect to electrical experts and learn how to access technical support and financing directions through local partner partner organizations such as Mass Fleet Advisor, which is managed by the Massachusets Clean Energy Center (Masscec).
Of course, the attendees got the trucks. Logistics professionals who usually spend their days can be seen at a distribution center climbing in the truck family, battery connections inspection, and sitting behind the wheels. Even transportation and delivery managers sometimes need a day in the zoo.
