Freightliner customers, who include some of the largest private and for-hire fleets in North America. The Freightliner Electric Innovation and Customer Experience Fleets consist of pre-series production battery-electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and are used to test integration of the technology into large-scale fleet operations while providing real-time feedback and data to help shape the future of CO₂-neutral transportation.
Announced in 2018 and beginning operation in 2019, the Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet includes 30 battery-electric trucks in operation by NFI and Penske Truck Leasing and its customers. The fleet is supported by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) which focuses on improving air quality in the South Coast Basin of Southern California and partially funded the project. All trucks in the fleet operate in the South Coast Basin and are doing real work in applications ranging from port drayage, to regional and local delivery, to food distribution, to parcel delivery.
Customer participants in the Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet include:
NFI
Penske Logistics
Penske Truck Leasing, and its customers, including:
Black Horse Carriers Inc.
Core-Mark
Costco Wholesalers
Fastenal
Iron Mountain Inc.
KeHE Distributors
Mondolez International Inc.
Temco Logistics
United Parcel Service
US Foods
Announced in early 2020 and beginning operation later the same year, the Freightliner CX Fleet includes eight battery-electric trucks and brings more customers into the co-creation process. Freightliner CX Fleet participants are members of the Freightliner Electric Vehicle Council, a group of customers working with Freightliner to identify and address all potential hurdles to large-scale fleet deployment. The Freightliner CX Fleet is supported in part by both South Coast AQMD and by Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Bay Area AQMD), which focuses on improving air quality in the nine-county Bay Area.
Customer participants in the Freightliner CX Fleet include:
J.B. Hunt Transport Service Inc.
Knight-Swift Transportation
Ryder Systems
Schneider National Inc.
Sysco Corp.
Velocity Truck Rental & Leasing
Freightliner electric vehicles include the eCascadia, a Class 8 tractor designed for local and regional distribution and drayage and the eM2, a Class 6/7 truck designed for local distribution, pickup and delivery, food and beverage delivery, and last-mile logistics applications. The start of series production for both trucks begins in 2022.
