Dive summary:
- Motiv Power Systems won a contract for up to $13.4 million to provide the city of Chicago with 20 electric refuse trucks.
- Motiv uses plug-and-play technology that allows established truck frames to be converted to run on batteries, making the process of replacing a fleet of trucks cheaper.
- The trucks will take approximately tree hours to charge and require only 1/8 the amount of diesel fuel a traditional truck needs.
From the article:
"... 'We don’t design a truck chassis to be electric,” said Jim Castelaz, CEO of Motiv. 'Instead, we work with a whole industry of vehicle modifiers.' By having a plug-and-play technology that works with established truck frames, such as Detroit Chassis, Motiv says it can deliver the benefits of electric at lower costs. ..."
