Velocity Buys 200 Battery-Electrical Vans for Rental Fleet
A Freightliner eCascadia (Velocity Truck Facilities)
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Velocity Truck Rental & Leasing is including 200 battery-electric vehicles to its business truck rental and full-service truck leasing enterprise, the corporate introduced March 22.
The funding additionally consists of the set up of 39 twin port 150 kW chargers at a number of Southern California areas. Velocity mentioned the fleet and charging infrastructure will allow its clients to deploy zero-emission vehicles rapidly and cost-effectively.
“Our clients are at all times on the forefront of what we do, and we all know firsthand what it takes to place electrical vehicles and infrastructure in place,” David Deon, president of Velocity Truck Rental and Leasing, mentioned. “The acquisition of our new battery-powered fleet permits our clients the chance to go zero-emissions rapidly, along with providing cost-saving measures by way of quick-charging infrastructure that’s included in our leasing program.”
The battery-electric vehicles embrace 125 Class 8 Freightliner eCascadias and 75 Courses 6-7 Freightliner eM2s from Daimler Truck North America. Each fashions can run as much as 230 miles. All the fleet is scheduled to be in full service by 2025. The primary 5 Freightliner eCascadia vehicles are at present being deployed to Arrowlink Logistics to help pickups and deliveries on the ports of Los Angeles and Lengthy Seaside.
“The Velocity workforce is making appreciable investments to assist its fleet clients efficiently combine medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric automobiles into their operations, in addition to assist DTNA make progress towards its world freight electrification objectives,” David Carson, senior vp of gross sales and advertising at DTNA, mentioned. “As certainly one of DTNA’s largest dealership companions, Velocity additionally provides worth as a solution-orientated member on our EV job drive figuring out tactical strategies to affect extra fleets within the business sector.”
Velocity Truck Rental & Leasing is a division of the full-service truck dealership Velocity Car Group. Velocity additionally serves on the Electrical Car Council in addition to the Buyer Expertise Fleet to check the eCascadia in real-world purposes. — Transport Subjects
