Fast Lane Transportation, a Southern California-based provider of intermodal and logistics services, is expanding its fleet of Orange EV electric terminal tractors (aka yard trucks). The company currently operates 9 Orange EV trucks and plans to grow its fleet over the next 18 months to meet rising demand. What began as a cautious first step… Read more »
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Pier 400 in Los Angeles to deploy 20 Orange EV electric terminal tractors
APM Terminals Pier 400 at the Port of Los Angeles will deploy 20 electric terminal tractors from Orange EV by the end of July. The EVs represent nearly 30% of Pier 400’s diesel terminal tractor fleet. Kansas City-based Orange EV has deployed more than 1,400 of its electric Class 8 terminal trucks with some 300… Read more »
Orange EV creates Optigrid to deliver battery-integrated charging for electric fleets
Orange EV is a rare success story in the commercial EV field. The company has been producing electric terminal trucks (aka drayage trucks or yard goats) since 2015, and has quietly gone about its business ever since. Well over 1,000 of its EVs are now in service at ports and logistics facilities. Now Orange has… Read more »
Orange EV has deployed its turnkey electric truck solution to over 300 fleets
Orange EV has announced that it has deployed its electric terminal trucks (aka yard goats, yard dogs, etc) to more than 300 fleets throughout the US and Canada—more heavy-duty electric trucks than any other OEM, the company boasts. Orange EV’s electric yard trucks are in service at distribution centers, manufacturing plants, and ports, running multi-shift… Read more »
ABF Freight orders five more Orange EV electric terminal trucks
Orange EV, a manufacturer of Class 8 all-electric terminal trucks, has announced that ABF Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, has placed an order for five additional Orange EV terminal trucks. ABF Freight received its first four terminal trucks from Orange EV in 2022, and currently has nine in its fleet. It will receive and deploy… Read more »
Orange EV introduces 7.5 year, 30,000-hour warranty for its electric terminal trucks
Orange EV, a manufacturer of Class-8 electric terminal trucks, has introduced a new 7.5-year, 30,000-hour warranty. The expanded warranty not only covers the truck’s battery, but also the powertrain, motors, controllers, wire harnesses, cables and key electric components. “Delivering the highest-quality terminal trucks has always been our priority,” said Kurt Neutgens, President and CTO of… Read more »
Six years and 30,000 hours: Orange EV electric terminal truck supports Dot’s fleet operations
Dot Transportation added a lone Orange EV electric terminal truck to its fleet in 2018. Some six years later, the yard dog, as terminal trucks are affectionately called, is still going strong after accumulating 30,000 hours on the clock, and it now has several additional Orange EV yard dogs to keep it company. “DTI has… Read more »
Orange EV produces its 1,000th heavy-duty electric terminal truck
Since Orange EV produced its first electric terminal truck in 2015, we’ve seen many a commercial EV manufacturer boom and bust, as Orange quietly went about its business. Now the company is celebrating the production of its 1,000th electric terminal truck. (Terminal trucks, also known as drayage trucks or yard goats, shuttle cargo around ports… Read more »
Orange EV to build new global headquarters in Kansas
Commercial EV builder Orange EV deployed its first electric truck in 2015, and now claims to have 450 terminal trucks in use by more than 130 fleets. Now the company has announced plans to establish its new corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations in the Turner Logistics Center, an industrial park under construction in Kansas City,… Read more »
Orange EV Raises $35 million to scale electric trucking solutions
Orange EV may not be well-known to the general public, but it has outlasted a lot of early entrants to the commercial EV space, and is now in its 10th year of operations. The company has 450 terminal trucks in use by more than 130 fleets across 28 US states, Canada and the Caribbean. Yard… Read more »
