Johal was referring to the company’s order for 150 electric Tesla Semi tractors in November, with an option to increase it to 500 trucks. We are continuing to work on infrastructure to provide public charging stations at all of our locations as well as EV service, OEM warranty and parts across all major North America highways.” “It is one of the key steps we have taken over the past year toward achieving our future target of 100% electric vehicles, including our recently finalized largest Class 8 EV order. “Pride is excited to establish this new partnership, which will add last-mile delivery vehicles to our existing product offering,” said Sam Johal, Pride Group Enterprises CEO. Initial deliveries are to begin in July 2021 and will continue through 2026, Workhorse announced. The C-1000 and C-650 models will further Pride’s move into the electric vehicle space, and add last-mile delivery vehicles to its offerings in the U.S. Pride Group Enterprises has placed an order for 6,320 electric C-Series delivery vehicles from Workhorse Group, representing the manufacturer’s largest single order in its history. Atkinson is optimistic that option will be exercised, perhaps leading to a broader relationship, saying, “If we collectively work hard at really keeping our eye on deliveries and helping them have successful deliveries with their customers this will just be a start.By Abdul Latheef JanuThe partnership with Workhorse will add last-mile delivery vehicles to Pride’s existing product offering. While this new partnership runs through March, 2024, the agreement announced Tuesday includes a renewal option. He explained while the EV Star can be built for several configurations, step vans were never part of the company's plans for this year. “While it has roots in the last-mile space it still needs to be more of a medium duty type of deployment where it can be done on a commercial level in terms of the hours of the day that will constitute the duty cycle and the payload requirements.”Īs part of the deal, Vancouver, Canada-based GreenPower has agreed to an exclusivity agreement where it will not enter the step van market on its own, competing with Workhorse, Atkinson said. “The step van they're bringing into market is a more robust deployment of a vehicle that won't just be used for the occasional delivery-much more of a commercial application,” said Atkinson. Environmental Protection Agency ask the USPS to reconsider its decision.īut GreenPower's Atkinson said what Workhorse will produce atop the EV Star cab and chassis will be a competitive vehicle in the market beyond last-mile deliveries. Workhorse withdrew its appeal of that decision last September saying it makes more sense to cooperate with the government that litigate against it to “ better focus our time and resources on initiatives that we expect will be more productive for our company.” Postal Service (USPS) granted that company a 10-year contract to supply it with a new generation of mostly internal combustion-powered delivery trucks. “That gives you ability to maximize your payload and range for batteries you have on board.”įor Workhorse, the opportunity to find a niche in a growing market comes after it lost out to Oshkosh Defense when the U.S. We're building a chassis for where we are placing the batteries that is part of that curb weight and then is built so that it can accommodate that 5,000 pound payload on the chassis as opposed to having different weight points for the engine in front,” explained Atkinson. “We're not starting with a chassis where the front end has an engine or transmission.

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