A range of new battery-electric trucks, rated all the way up to Class 7, were rolled out for the first time ever on the show floor during Work Truck Week 2023, held at the Indianapolis Convention Center.
All-Electric Trucks Unwrapped at Work Truck Show [Photos]
Hino Trucks rolled out electric versions of its M- and L- Series (pictured) medium-duty trucks, which will be branded as the Me Series and Le Series.
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Morgan Olson displayed this C250 all-electric cargo van, which will be among the vanguard of BEV trucks ordered by Canada Post to help meet its target of attaining net zero emissions by 2050.
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To be available in 2024, Hino’s new all-electric medium-duties (Me Series pictured) will integrate SEA Electric’s SEA-Drive power system.
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Another vintage take by Knapheide was this red service body mounted on a classic green Chevy.
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Mack’s “copper” Bulldog hood ornament signifies the truck runs on electric power.
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Mack pulled the curtain off its new medium-duty MD6 and MD7 Electric Class 6 and 7 trucks. SEA-Drive 120 and 180 power systems drive the new models.
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JB Poindexter Co. showed off its EAVX and Morgan Olson business units’ Proxima concept, a “reimagined” Class 5 walk-in body with “chassis-flexible” design that will offer “significant advantages for both electric and IC powertrains.”
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The Shyft Group presented its new all-electric Class 5 Crew Cab. The truck features a walk-in-van style cab with sliding door and weather-protected steps for safe curbside entrance and exit. The interior at 85 inches high and 88.5 inches wide lets crews “walk up into the cab, stand or sit comfortably.”
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The variety of all-electric vocational vehicles on display at the Work Truck Show extended down to this spiffy little street sweeper.
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Celebrating its 175th anniversary, body builder Knapheide set up a mini museum featuring antique vehicles fitted with Knapheide bodies, like this Model T.
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Isuzu revealed its first all-electric production model, the Class 5 N-Series EV. Powered by a multi-battery electric platform, it is due out the in first half of 2024.
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Workhorse Group debuted its new Class 4-6 electric truck. Offered initially as a step van or stripped chassis, it will reach production volume by Q3 2023.
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