ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – By next year, Schneider will become one of the largest battery-electric truck fleets in North America.
Schenider says it will add 50 Freightliner eCascadias, the truck manufacturer’s first commercial Class 8 battery-electric truck (BEV), to its Southern California intermodal operations.
The initiative is sponsored by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD), California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Energy Commission (CEC), to increase the number of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks while achieving necessary emission reductions.
“Schneider’s sustainability initiatives got a big boost when we were selected to participate in the state of California’s Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative,” said Schneider President and CEO Mark Rourke. “The scaling of zero-emission vehicles is a key component of our goal to reduce carbon emissions by 7.5% per mile by 2025 and by 60% per mile by 2035.”
The BEVs run on all battery power so the CO2 emission production is zero.
Schneider previously piloted at eCascadia for six months and the company says drivers who tested them really enjoyed them.
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