BYD Delivers Electrical Terminal Tractor to Manhattan Beer Distributors – Gas Smarts
BYD truck seller Milea Truck Gross sales and Leasing delivered the 8Y terminal tractor which may present 22-26 hours of operation.
Photograph: Manhattan Beer Distributors
Battery-electric bus and truck producer BYD delivered an 8Y electrical terminal tractor final month to New York beer and beverage wholesaler Manhattan Beer Distributors. That is the primary electrical terminal tractor within the firm’s fleet of about 355 vans, that ship merchandise to New York Metropolis, Lengthy Island, and the Hudson Valley.
Milea Truck Gross sales and Leasing, a BYD truck seller, helped ship the 8Y terminal tractor, which may present 22-26 hours of consecutive operation.
“Manhattan Beer’s inexperienced initiatives actually present their dedication to serving to the atmosphere, and BYD is blissful to work with an organization so desperate to make a distinction,” stated BYD Senior Vice President Patrick Duan in an announcement.
Manhattan Beer Distributors has emphasised the significance of other gasoline options to reduce its environmental footprint. its inexperienced initiatives could be seen all through a number of areas of its enterprise, increasing past their electrified fleets into recycling operations and photo voltaic panel investments.
“We’re excited to associate with BYD and NYSERDA [New York State Energy Research and Development Authority] to affect our yard tractor as a part of our continued efforts to extend using sustainable fuels all through our complete operation,” added Juan Corcino, senior director of fleet and sustainability at Manhattan Beer Distributors.
BYD vans are assembled at BYD’s manufacturing facility in Lancaster, California.
