{"id":13861,"date":"2022-06-07T17:03:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/?p=13861"},"modified":"2022-06-07T17:03:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T15:03:02","slug":"fleets-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2022\/06\/07\/fleets-66\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleets place additional orders for Volvo VNR Electric trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quality Custom Distribution, a Golden State Foods company, recently ordered 30 Volvo VNR Electric trucks, while NFI Industries ordered 60 Volvo VNR Electrics for deployment across the company\u2019s Ontario, California, fleet.<\/span><\/p>\n

LONG BEACH, California\u2014Two fleets are upping their commitment to zero-tailpipe emission freight transport with their latest orders of Volvo VNR Electric trucks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Announced at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo here, Quality Custom Distribution (QCD), a Golden State Foods company, recently ordered 30 Volvo VNR Electric trucks, while NFI Industries ordered 60 Volvo VNR Electrics<\/a> for deployment across the company\u2019s Ontario, California, fleet throughout 2022 and 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Volvo VNR Electric truck model was designed for fleets operating in local and regional distribution, pickup-and-delivery, and food and beverage distribution segments. In January, Volvo announced production plans for its next-generation VNR Electric model<\/a> that has an operational range of 275 miles. The Volvo VNR Electric initially had an operating range of up to 150 miles.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about accelerating the shift,\u201d Peter Voorhoeve, president of Volvo Trucks North America, said during an ACT Expo press conference on May 9. \u201cNine months ago at ACT Expo [2021], we said we need to act now<\/a>. Today, we need to accelerate the shift and deliver.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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In early 2023, Volvo\u2019s battery-electric Class 8 trucks will be deployed in QCD\u2019s Southern California fleet operations and will deliver products to restaurants and coffee shops throughout Riverside and San Bernadino counties. The project includes 16 fast chargers and a renewable microgrid to power the chargers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each year, QCD\u2019s fleet of 700 Class 8 tractors makes more than one million last-mile deliveries from its 26 distribution centers across the U.S., averaging more than 35 million miles on the road annually, the company said during an ACT Expo press conference. To date, QCD\u2019s fleet includes 45 Volvo VNR Electric trucks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shane Blanchette, senior director of operations for QCD, noted that the carrier has gained firsthand insight into the real-world performance of battery-electric trucks during the past year operating Volvo VNR Electric trucks during the Volvo LIGHTS\u00a0(Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions)\u00a0project.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe now have the experience needed to map out the ideal routes to integrate additional battery-electric trucks, and we\u2019ll use this knowledge as we deploy the additional 44 Volvo VNR Electrics from our distribution centers in Fontana and La Puente, California,\u201d Blanchette said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Quality Custom Distribution ordered 30 additional Volvo VNR Electric trucks.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Last April, QCD ordered its first batch of 14 leased Volvo VNR Electric trucks with funding support from a grant awarded to Volvo Financial Services from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee\u2019s (MSRC) Inland Port Program. The first Volvo VNR Electrics from the 2021 order will start operations this summer out of its distribution center in Fontana. The remaining trucks will be deployed throughout 2022 and early 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

QCD also has partnered with Scale Microgrid Solutions to build a clean-energy microgrid to power its La Puente\u2019s battery-electric fleet and distribution center. InCharge Energy will supply and maintain fast-charging stations utilizing onsite renewable energy generated by Scale\u2019s microgrid.<\/span><\/p>\n

NFI started piloting VNR Electrics in its commercial operations as part of the Volvo LIGHTS project that began in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

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NFI Industries ordered 60 Volvo VNR Electrics for deployment across the company\u2019s Ontario, California, fleet throughout 2022 and 2023.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cOur experience with the Volvo LIGHTS project was a major factor in NFI\u2019s decision to purchase VNR Electric trucks for our drayage operations,\u201d said Bill Bliem, SVP of fleet services at NFI. \u201cNFI started our electrification transition because we are committed to sustainability initiatives across our operations, and we are continuing to invest in Volvo Trucks because of the proven viability and success we had had operating the Volvo VNR Electrics in our real-world routes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Twenty of the trucks will be deployed as part of the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI) project, which was announced during the 2021 ACT Expo. Thirty of the trucks will be deployed with funding support from California\u2019s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project. The remaining 10 trucks are part of the Switch-On project<\/a>, a grant to Volvo Trucks to deploy battery-electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Electrify America is providing 19 350 kW ultra-fast chargers with 38 dispensers to support NFI\u2019s growing battery-electric drayage fleet that serves the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Cristina Commendatore<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Source https:\/\/www.fleetowner.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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