Eight fleets selected to participate in NACFE's electrification initiative

This fall, eight fleet depots will take part in North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s (NACFE) and RMI’s Run on Less – Electric DEPOT (RoL-E DEPOT), which is focusing on the scaling of electric trucks across a variety of market segments. According to NACFE, the following fleets are helping to showcase what it takes to move from one or two electric vehicles to 15 or more. The transition to electric vehicles is about much more than just the trucks themselves. It is about charging, infrastructure, grid capacity, resilience, etc. RoL-E DEPOT will allow NACFE to share best practices for scaling electric trucks at depots.

Frito-Lay in Queens, NY
OKProduce in Fresno, CA
Penske in Ontario, CA
Pepsi Beverages in Sacramento, CA
Performance Team Logistics in Commerce, CA
Schneider in South El Monte, CA
UPS in Compton, CA
WattEV in Long Beach, CA

“The majority of fleets in RoL-E DEPOT are located in California. Our goal with this event was to showcase fleets that are now deploying 15 or more trucks and we had hoped to have a wider geographic representation,” said Dave Schaller, director of industry engagement, NACFE. “The reality is that at this point the majority of fleets with 15 or more electric trucks are in California, but, we believe they are a good representation of the benefits and challenges of deploying electric vehicles at scale.”

Accompanying the event will be a 10-session “Electric Depot Bootcamp,” powered by ACT News. The first two sessions, “Best Practices for Utility-Fleet Relationships” and “Grants and Incentives for the Trucks and Infrastructure” have already been held.