Peterbilt Motors Company announced that its EV Operating Cost Calculator has been awarded the Award of Distinction from the international Communicator Awards. Founded over 30 years ago the Communicator Awards is a international awards program dedicated to recognizing excellence, effectiveness and innovation across all areas of communication. The Peterbilt EV operating cost calculator won for its user experience as a powerful tool for prospective customers to evaluate the Total Cost of Ownership of a Peterbilt Model 220EV, 520EVor 579EV on a per mile (on-highway applications) or per hour basis (vocational applications).
Since its launch in March the EV operating cost calculator has played an integral part in the decision-making process for many companies as they are investigating adding Peterbilt EV models to their fleets. The EV operating cost calculator’s clean interface and detailed summary outlines total electric costs and operating cost per vehicle once the customer has loaded the necessary variables such as mileage per year, electricity cost, vehicle price, charging stations, rebates and other expenses such as annual maintenance and insurance.