Shyft Group gets in on shift toward electric delivery vehicles

In order for electric trucks and delivery vans to proliferate, the EV industry has some infrastructure issues to iron out.

One thing the space isn’t lacking, though, is choice. A mixture of legacy automakers and innovative startups have emerged to tackle the electric delivery challenge, and vehicle manufacturer and solutions provider The Shyft Group (NASDAQ: SHYF) is putting its name on the map.

The company on Monday announced the certification of its Class 3, 4 and 5 Blue Arc electric delivery...

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Workhorse sues Postal Service over delivery truck contract

Workhorse Group [NASDAQ: WKHS] has sued the U.S. Postal Service over the government agency’s awarding of a piece of its $6.8 billion delivery truck contract to Oshkosh Corp. [NYSE: OSK], a move Workhorse had been considering since the award was announced in February.

Workhorse’s bid protest was filed under seal in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Wednesday, but a public version redacting confidential and proprietary information could be filed in the coming weeks.

Workhorse posted a statement...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/workhorse-sues-postal-service-over-delivery-truck-contract

GM bets on BrightDrop’s connected last-mile delivery ecosystem

BrightDrop electric pallet

Many shippers in the e-commerce segment learned invaluable lessons in 2020 — siloed solutions don’t work well when scale and speed are a must. The same can be said for last-mile delivery operations. Siloed operations — where data, equipment and people are operating on different timelines — can doom the overall customer experience.

Currently, hundreds of vehicle makers — both legacy and startups — are working to bring electric vehicles to market. For the e-commerce brand or anyone else involved...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gm-bets-on-brightdrops-connected-last-mile-delivery-ecosystem

Workhorse delivery van travels 160 miles on a single charge

The composite-body C-1000 electric delivery van from Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS) can travel 160 miles on a single charge. And that broadens its customer appeal, the company said.

“Achieving a 160-mile range has been a goal of ours for quite some time. It significantly expands the addressable market,” Workhorse CEO Duane Hughes said in a press release Thursday.

After long delays and significant cost pressures, Workhorse is building C-1000 and C-650 vans in Union City, Indiana. The company...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/workhorse-delivery-van-travels-160-miles-on-a-single-charge

Workhorse perfecting HorseFly truck-based drone delivery

Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS) positions itself as an electric truck maker capable of using a truck-mounted drone for package delivery. With its composite body electric delivery vans in early production, the company’s aircraft business is closer to taking off.

“Last-mile transportation is hard, aerospace transportation is harder and integrating the two even harder,” Workhorse aerospace lead John Graber said on Monday during the company’s second-quarter earnings call.

But it’s doable. In four...

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Ryder gets first two Workhorse electric vans

Workhorse delivery vans to Ryder

Ryder System Inc. (NYSE: R) took delivery of two Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS)  electric delivery vans, seemingly ahead of a large order from United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS).

Workhorse announced the deal with Ryder on Tuesday. On Monday, Workhorse got the go-ahead from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to sell its C-Series zero-emission vans. Under California’s Advanced Clean Truck regulation, all trucks in the state must run on electricity by 2045.

Neither Workhorse nor UPS responded...

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Workhorse gets jolt for zero-emissions electric vans

Workhorse zero-emissions electric vans

Workhorse Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WKHS) can sell its zero-emission C-Series electric delivery vans in all 50 states after a California ruling buttressed a federal finding in the company’s favor.

Now, Workhorse just has to build the vans.

The Cincinnati-based manufacturer is building a couple of trucks a day at its Union City, Indiana plant. The goal is 300 to 400 vans this year. United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) and DHL have placed orders for about 1,100 vans.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB)...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/workhorse-gets-jolt-for-zero-emissions-electric-vans

Workhorse gets final safety nod to begin electric van ramp-up

Workhorse C1000 electric delivery van

Workhorse Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WKHS) can begin ramping up production of its composite-body electric delivery van now that it has met federal safety standards.

Production of the C-Series 1,000- and 650-cubic-foot vans is trickling through assembly at Workhorse’s plant in Union City, Indiana. Workhorse has about 1,100 orders pending with United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) and others. It expects to build 300-400 trucks this year absent supply chain issues.

Workhorse successfully completed Federal...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/workhorse-gets-final-safety-nod-to-begin-electric-van-ramp-up

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