Ryder System, a provider of supply chain, transportation and fleet management solutions, has secured its first two customers under its new RyderElectric+ turnkey fleet solution. Pompano Beach, Florida-based Land ‘N’ Sea Distributing, a marine and recreational vehicle parts distributor, and Servientrega International, a Bogota, Colombia-based logistics company with operations in Miami, each signed a multi-year… Read more »
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Ryder deploys its first BrightDrop electric vans
Ryder has introduced its first BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric vans to its rental fleets at four strategic Ryder facilities in California, Texas and New York. Earlier this year, Ryder announced plans to add 4,000 of the vans to its inventory through 2025. The first 200 were ordered this year. “Ryder’s aim is to continue to… Read more »
Ryder orders additional 500 Chanje electric vans
Fleet management specialist Ryder System (NYSE: R) has reserved 500 new Chanje Energy medium-duty electric panel vans, which will be delivered as lease agreements are finalized. This is in addition to the 125 trucks Ryder ordered last year. Ryder is the exclusive sales channel and service partner for Chanje, and is offering truck leasing and… Read more »
Ryder orders 125 electric panel vans from Chanje
Fleet management specialist Ryder System (NYSE: R) has started to take delivery of 125 medium-duty electric panel vans from California-based Chanje, which will be available for lease or rent to customers in California, New York, and Illinois markets by the end of 2017. The Chanje delivery van is equipped to haul up to 6,000 pounds… Read more »
Daimler Truck North America starts production of Freightliner eM2
Germany-headquartered Daimler Truck has begun production of its electric Freightliner eM2 at the Portland, Oregon, manufacturing facility of its subsidiary Daimler Truck North America. The medium-duty truck, designed for pickup and delivery applications, is the tenth Daimler Truck electric model in production worldwide. The first Freightliner eM2s will be delivered in the US to Ferguson,… Read more »
BrightDrop reports production and customer-acquisition achievements
GM electric delivery system subsidiary BrightDrop has begun shipping the first 500 of its Zevo 600 EVs built at CAMI Assembly, GM’s Canadian EV manufacturing plant, which reopened three months ago for dedicated production of BrightDrop EVs. BrightDrop reports that it has sold out its production of 2023 model year Zevo 600s to more than… Read more »
In-Charge Energy is preparing for the coming tsunami of commercial electric trucks
Widespread adoption of electric commercial vehicles has seemed to be just around the corner for several years now. This has been a puzzling and frustrating situation for EV advocates (and even more so for electric truck builders), because the economic case for electrification is strong. Several industry experts have told Charged that the slow progress… Read more »
FedEx to install 42 DC charging stations for Chanje electric vans
FedEx will partner with Chanje Energy to electrify 42 FedEx locations in California. The DC charging stations are intended to support daily charging of 1,000 Chanje V8100 electric delivery vehicles, which the courier announced it would add to its fleet last November. FedEx will purchase 100 of the vehicles from Chanje and lease 900 from… Read more »
FedEx orders 1,000 Chanje electric vans
In one of the largest fleet orders of EVs to date, FedEx has ordered 1,000 electric vans from California EV startup Chanje. The delivery giant said it will buy 100 Chanje V8100 vans outright, and will lease the remaining 900 from fleet management specialist Ryder System, which Chanje has designated its exclusive sales channel and… Read more »
Workhorse N-GEN electric delivery van coming to San Francisco
Commercial EV-maker Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS) is deploying a fleet of its electric N-GEN cargo vans in the San Francisco Bay area, in partnership with Ryder System, Workhorse’s exclusive maintenance provider. To commemorate the launch, Workhorse will display the N-GEN at City Hall in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 28. Designed from the ground up… Read more »
