Shyft Group Debuts Class 5 All-Electrical Crew Cab – Tools
The Blue Arc Class 5 All Electrical Crew Cab is designed for a wide range of purposes similar to development, utilities, snow removing, and landscaping.
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The Shyft Group launched an all-electric Class 5 crew cab trucok. The Blue Arc EV Options truck made its debut at NTEA’s Work Truck Week 2023 in Indianapolis.
The all-electric car has a walk-in-van fashion cab that encompasses a sliding door and weather-protected steps for secure curbside entrance and exit. At 85” excessive and 88.5” large, the bigger inside permits crews to stroll up into the cab, stand or sit comfortably, and arrange a cellular workstation to remain plugged in all through the day.
“Not solely is the Crew Cab EV designed explicitly for crew consolation, security, and productiveness, however this distinctive and extremely versatile cab chassis permits for a wide range of our bodies for stake vans, field vans, dump vans, and extra,” mentioned Daryl Adams, president and CEO of The Shyft Group in a press release. “This revolutionary truck brings new markets to Shyft and helps speed up the transformation to EVs throughout our nation.”
Shyft Group’s Blue Arc Class 5 All Electrical Crew Cab has a payload capability vary of 6,000-10,000 kilos and new car and driver security expertise.
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Utilizing Blue Arc’s modular Class 5 commercial-grade EV chassis, the truck is constructed to deal with payloads in finish makes use of similar to development, trades, municipalities, snow removing and landscaping.
The EV work truck options lithium-ion liquid-cooled battery packs and an optionally available 450-watt-hour built-in photo voltaic roof bundle. It’s optimized for Degree 2 and DC quick charging with an accelerated cost time of 2-6 hours and a 200-plus mile vary. The light-weight aluminum dump physique is designed by the corporate’s DuraMag model and encompasses a payload capability starting from 6,000-10,000 kilos.
Blue Arc plans to combine car and driver security expertise together with 360-degree cameras with 12” in-dash HD shows, entrance parking sensor and blind spot detection, tire stress monitoring, weather-protected steps, and keyless and automatic entry.
The Class 5 EV chassis will quickly be obtainable in strip chassis and cowl chassis to affect buses, shuttles, motorcoaches, and different autos making a transition to all-electric.
