Morgan Truck Body unveiling new custom concept bodies
As Morgan Truck Body celebrates its 70th year, executives announced that it will unveil multiple custom concept bodies in 2022. Morgan will debut two advanced concept bodies during an exclusive preview at NTEA Work Truck Week in March 2022, with an emphasis on weight reduction and integration of enhanced safety and sensing technology. Additional technology and innovation concepts
Lightning eMotors all-electric fleet reaches 1 million miles
Lightning eMotors announced that its customer fleets have surpassed one million miles driven. The million-mile milestone represents Lightning’s on-road, fully electric, customer-owned and operated fleet vehicles. When Lightning’s former low-emission powertrains are included, the company’s customer-owned and operated fleets have driven more than four million miles, the company noted in a press release. The one
NTEA offers second course in Truck Equipment Electrical Basics online educational series
NTEA, in collaboration with e-learning platform Electude, announced a new DC and AC Voltage online course as part of its Truck Equipment (TE) Electrical Basics series. “Helping companies develop and educate their workforce is a large part of why the Association exists,” said David Ehrlich, NTEA director of education. “The DC and AC Voltage course,
What Penske hopes to see from International’s eMV electric truck
Penske has been putting electric trucks through their paces at an impressive speed. The rental and leasing giant has also been inking partnerships and installing charging infrastructure at an equally impressive clip. So it came as no surprise to hear that Penske, as a validation partner, would add five International eMV electric trucks to its
Lightning eMotors reveals chassis for electric commercial vehicles
Lightning eMotors, provider of medium-duty and specialty commercial electric vehicles for fleets, announced the availability of the Lightning eChassis, an all-new rolling chassis purpose-built for commercial EV applications. The Lightning eChassis, developed with Metalsa, will be available for Class 4 and class 5 commercial electric chassis cab, stripped chassis, and cutaway chassis configurations. The innovative
Ford nearly doubles electric F-150 lightning production
Ford Motor Co. said it is planning to double production of the F-150 Lightning at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 vehicles per year to meet high demand for the first all-electric version of its vehicle. Beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be invited to begin placing orders for
Morgan Truck Body, SEA Electric, Central Trailer Service for 40 EV truck bodies
Morgan Truck Body is collaborating with SEA Electric and longtime Morgan-authorized distributor Central Trailer Service to fulfill orders for 40 EV truck bodies by year-end 2022. The truck chassis features the zero-emission SEA Electric SEA-Drive Power System, with a 1,106 lb.-ft. electric motor combined with a 138kWh battery pack, upfitted with Morgan’s lightweight Aluminum Dry
Freightliner Custom Chassis talks electric walk-in van details, last-mile market roll out
What makes the Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. (FCCC) battery electric walk-in MT50e van launch interesting is that it’s a next generation EV that can leverage the lessons learned by its beefier Freightliner eM2 and eCascadia brethren. Not only that, but Mike Stark, electric vehicle program manager, FCCC, noted that the truck chassis manufacturer works with
The biggest medium-duty truck stories of 2021
What truck classification do you give Santa’s sleigh? Based on the weight of the world’s gifts alone, it’s tempting to hop straight to Class 8, but I think Santa’s got some magic elf nonsense that makes weight a non-issue. If we use application as a clue, he’s kind of on the longest last-mile route there
Daimler Trucks N. A. selects Meritor 14Xe ePowertrain for next-gen school bus
Meritor Inc. announced it will provide its Blue Horizon 14Xe integrated ePowertrain for the next generation, all-electric Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley school bus from Thomas Built Buses (TBB). This is Meritor’s first electric vehicle production award with a Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) brand. The intended agreement will span five years and is expected to start
Amply Power to help bring more electric school buses to NYC
Amply Power announced that Pioneer Transportation Corp., a school bus company that transports over 40,000 students daily in New York City, has signed on as a charging-as-a-service (CaaS) customer and will convert five of its existing diesel school buses to battery-operated electric power. Under the five-year contract, signed in July 2021, Amply Power is installing
GSA modifies contract with REV Group Co. to include electric ambulances
REV Group Inc. announced its subsidiary REV Ambulance Group Orlando Inc’s. contract with the U.S General Services Administration (GSA) has been amended to include zero-emissions battery electric ambulances from Wheeled Coach and Leader. The battery electric Type II ambulances utilize a Ford Transit T350 Chassis with Lightning eMotors electric conversion. The High Roof Transit vans
