The Future of Electric Vehicles at the Zero Emissions Fleet Event
Okay I’m here at the zero emissions Fleet event this event is all about showcasing commercial electric technology that’s occurring in BC which Edison Motors is obviously a part of I’m going to be giving a little presentation here later but I’m excited let’s go check out and see what’s around okay I’m
Here with Todd with Canadian electric vehicles and this is one of those things where I want to support this cuz this is really cool this is uh the mighty truck it’s a electric utility truck uh made here in Canada in BC we manufacture this truck from the ground up uh on Vancouver
Island in Parksville I want to verify so one of those things I like to do at these shows is whenever somebody says hey we make this truck here I fact check it on Alibaba bring up the phone and like teren was talking and I’m Googling on the phone checking things out and
This one checks out this is made in Canada where they design and built it and it’s got a lot of cool you can tell that North American right to repair that’s actually why Todd came up to me talk about that hat a little bit and
They’ do a lot of the similar things we do like I noticed the 4×6 rectangular headlights there’s no molded fancy headlights you can buy these at any part store get them off of Amazon it’s a very simple design easy to repair much like Topsy this is what you
It’s a simple cab that you can work on that’s what these things are like this is the exact same turn signal we use on Topsy they put the same turn signal on Topsy the similar kind of Dash layout where it’s a steel Dash metal Dash is
Going to be tough it’s going to last with simple switches easy to get at easy to repair it’s like the the old vent I’ve done videos on why I like these old vents that’s awesome very rugged steel floor steel cab just this is done right
This is the way that if you want an electric vehicle to last if you want an electric vehicle to be easy to work on easy to service this is what you want just solid door close as well simple seat simple interior I it’s what a work truck should be it’s got the sliding
Window same as Topsy I just noticed this that’s what we put in Topsy like the old loader style I don’t know why I just like it’s like an excavator I love that it’s just so simple so easy what are your customers using these things for we
Sell these trucks to uh a wide variety of municipalities towns like we we have uh over 25 of them at the city of Santa Monica that are used for um just day-to-day maintenance Landscaping operations cleaning up garbage watering plants just just all kinds of day-to-day vocational stuff the same thing you
Would use any other work truck for you know they’re just going to work every day doing the same thing I imagine this would be a wicked farm truck like you think about Farmers they like they’re not putting a lot of hours on but it’s
Just you can plug it in you can go put some hay bals in the back run out quick run back don’t have to worry about the gas going bad over winter it’s just yeah this one has a hydraulic dump lift for the back I was just looking at that okay
Yeah I was going to say was it a dump bed it’s got e axles too I love e axles I was like I’m like I wonder if I’m going to see an electric motor electric drive shaft no e axle batteries mounted into the frame between the frame rail
Like what we did like this is a Skookum front end it’s actually got some decent metal on there it’s relatively secure for its size this is well done I’m I’m honestly I’m really impressed with this thing I’ve seen a lot of cheap Chinese carts made cheap foreign carts this is
Not that this is the real deal this is wellb built this is awesome cuz it’s made in Canada you’d be able to Source the parts for this thing then too yeah absolutely so like the tail lights are just standard truck light Parts uh the wheels are common um uh four and a or
Five on four and a half bolt pattern so any kind of trailer wheels fit it inexpensive the uh tie rod ends and ball joints are standard Automotive Parts you can buy at any auto part store run down to l Co grab a set of yeah and then need
A wiper motor you can go run down grab that absolutely but they’re they’re small but you know pardon the pond they are Mighty it can haul 1500 lb and we’ve got mechanics using them to haul engine blocks and tools and everything on Rail Yard operations they’re uh they’re real
Heavy duty work truck built to last 10 years he’s right they literally are truck lights from Lord Co they’ve got the same exact same as what we got and that’s what you want that’s why you pay the premium and that’s why like I am adamit of calling out the ones that lie
But promoting the ones that do the right thing because the reason why you pay a little bit more for a North American truck but when you need parts you run down to the local part store you can get a part off the shelf you can get put it
Back in your truck you get back to work when somebody is not being honest about where they made their truck and they’re trying to Source Parts well how am I supposed to get that you got to be an expert in Alibaba to go find the parts
Like no that’s not that’s not what a farmer wants to do that’s not what somebody that’s got a work truck wants to do is search to find out what yeah yeah we do have an aluminum box like Ford but ours is an eighth of an inch thick Todd thanks for showing us the
Truck no problem thank you where people find something like this if they’re interested can ev.com canev all right check them out they’re doing the same kind of thing that we’re doing just on the smaller scale okay behind me here we got the Peterbilt 579 uh EV by far it’s still my favorite
We’ve still been checking out electric trucks I got to say that the Peter Built is incredibly incredibly well built they’ve thought of a lot of things that certain other people haven’t what I like here an absolutely great plug-in charger it’s well protected it’s a solid steel
Door like it’s just it’s well made we also have they put a little sticker right near disconnects and plugins that tell First Responders exactly what to do this is a great idea I’m actually going to steal this idea make sure that by our disconnects we do have a little first
Responder information like you want to know that unplug the charger remove the key engage the part working brake yeah that makes sense uh tilt the hood forward turn the 12vt disconnect to off wait 2 minutes there you go so basically turn your 12vt off take the key out wait
2 minutes you got to make sure that people have lockout tag out this is what this is lock it out take the key disconnect it and then wait a minute a couple minutes for the capacitors and that to discharge information right here for First Responders that’s nice I
Haven’t seen anybody else do that and I really like that have a look even just the tension of detail on the steps these are solid steel brackets holding everything on there’s no plastic there’s no quick it’s physically bolted on with steel even the way that this is mounted
It is Skookum you got side impact protection that’s solid steel with reinforced tubing you can see the tubing in behind here tubing here this is going to be incredibly important because if you got batteries on the outside not just in the frame rail if you put your
Batteries in the middle the frame rail protects them out here A car could T-Bone it you got to think of it like a big fuel tank on the outside a lot of people say that yes what if your fuel tank gets hit that would explode and
You’re like yes it would but why not protect it if you have the chance to protect it you don’t want just big lithium batteries sitting on the outside where a car could hit it that little side impact I think is going to go a long way a little more weight but a lot
More protection for the driver you could tell Peterbilt was thinking about driver protection and I really admire that so this Peterbilt is running the Meritor 14 XE axles which are a much much lighter ax axle they are quite skinny if you compare them to what we’re using but
That being said is that they’re different applications this is meant for in town light delivery no more than 80,000 lb Max ours is meant for 180,000 lb they’re just they’re going to be different specs so this is lighter but this is designed to do a lighter job one
Of the things I really like about the Peter Bill too the attention to detail the little blue striping all of their EVS have little blue striping it goes in the dash it goes in the Sills the little emblems and what’s really cool about this too is the analog gauges they
Didn’t go with an LCD display as the only option you can still get analog gauges and I like that I I I like the analog gauges over the LCDs myself so just very well done and we just heard a rumor and they’re not saying it officially but you’ll be able to get one
Of these things at 105,000 so they’re increasing the max weight by 25,000 lb from what I heard just a rumor just a rumor but uh which will put Peterbilt in the highest gross weight rating for an electric vehicle behind the Edison of course so yeah once again the Peter
Built is absolutely my favorite of the electric trucks also Kenworth it’s the same company packar so yeah if you don’t need a super heavy spec EV really I would consider the Peter Built is the one to look at in my mind they’ve done things by far the best so checking out
The old mean green machine here and you know this is one of those cool little things it’s built in the states and cool thing about this is It’s currently on and I didn’t know oh yeah it is oh it’s way quicker than I thought no okay people shouldn’t be around
Here that is torky oh yeah like that’s not bad no no that’s oh ah sorry oh my God no no no there’s no way should be driving this thing this thing is way faster than I thought it was like I’ve ridden the grass version and like this thing
Is shouldn’t be like okay I’m going to get in trouble for this but this thing is way this thing is way better than I thought it was like I’ve driven the gas versions and they don’t move this thing is just gone like I probably almost ran over a couple people there but like
We’re not going to worry about that cuz this is all yeah oh I mean I won’t turn the mower on cuz that’s completely irresponsible POS oh my God sorry sorry no okay maybe maybe a little throttle mapping on the controls that is responsive like you just touch that a
Little bit and you’re gone like you got to warn somebody about that cuz I’m like I’m used to it where you just got to like push her ahead and then you wait and then it revs up and then you get going and then this one it’s literally just yeah just nothing nothing nothing
And we’re gone okay you know what I should probably stop this this is yeah let’s not do that that’s a little much I really hope you got that if you got to pop a wheelie on a mower that’s the mower to go with this lawn mower is the
First to do an eight hour mow and uh this first one that can do a wheelie well do that too that too it’s got an eight hour run time it’ll charge in overnight as well 22 kilowatt battery and it’ll mow about 25 acres on a charge
And the best part is you can start your day super early because there’s virtually no noise and no maintenance so no belts no clutches so the maintenance is uh near nil to uh charge this is about $1.98 and versus pouring in about $60 worth of fuel right $1.98 to run it yeah
No maintenance no storing it for the winter time exactly add a lot more F Well I I’m going to say no maintenance but like I’m pretty sure we already have to replace some bushings in this thing so put the way you drive it you for sure you could probably run a lot bigger
Attachment then with that kind of power so this is a 52 inch and we go up to a 8 foot deck so jeez yeah 96 inch and again eight hour runtime so it’s amazing what we can do with the battery world this is so cool this is why I love EVS just pure
Power pure Simplicity lower maintenance easier to work with more performance like this is this is cool super quiet that’s a big thing in around Parks too and municipalities oh yeah I didn’t even think of that yeah right you’re in a park where people are having a picnic
They’re with their kids they don’t want to listen to a mower interrupt their enjoyment of the peaceful park that’s and we’re not shooting rocks out the side or grass it’s actually all coming out mulched out the back so one more feature right that’s that’s uh with the amount of power that’s available here
You can do that it’ll mulch grass I can honestly attest this thing has power I was not you got to warn people when they off in this so you’re looking at about $445,000 for a machine of this magnitude and the good people at the BC government
Will give you back 5,000 of that so you know at that price point it’s falling into a retail that you’re going to pay on a diesel or gas but then you’ve got all the maintenance and environmental issues along with that here oh it’s actually close because I didn’t know
What the price of a normal diesel yeah equivalent mower is so yeah you’re getting up in the 30 ,000 $35,000 by the time you add up the fuel and all that plus the benefit of being a lot quieter for where you’re working with the things like a golf course where golfers I
Imagine don’t want to hear of exactly yeah and the nice thing is this battery will outlive this mower too this battery is going to last for about 10 years I’m impressed I like it hey thanks for thank you for letting me try that evil can eval of lawnmower this is good I’m here
With jazz from Freightliner we’re looking at the M2 they made made some upgrades from the previous model that I think are actually really really cool so we’re yeah we’re looking at the em2 here and this is a 33,000 gross combination vehicle and uh this one has a 290 wat
Kow battery it’s going to give you about 250 km range full electric pure electric it’s new uh we just received it about two weeks ago brand new this is their new style come here I’ll show you some of the improvements they’ve made one of the cool things about the new truck is
That they have gone away from the center mounted motor that was in the frame and they’ve gone with the E axle on this truck so you remember Carl we did that where we had a motor up at the front we had a drive shaft going to a normal rear
End we switched over and with this e axle you get way more torque and power to the ground less mechanical loss and it also frees up uh frame rail space you can have your motor inverters in the frame rail you can have more air tanks I also like the battery compared to the
Ones that were segmented it’s a comp big battery pack right at the very front puts the weight on the steer axle no there’s some definite improvements on this body mounts you’ll see these come from the factory so when it comes for different types of body outfits you’re
Ready to mount honestly I like this a lot better than the other one that swiss cheese the frame rail but so this one is the 291 kilowatt battery it’s going to give you about 250 kilom K kilometers range this one is about 470,000 but with our federal and provincial grants that
Can bring down the cost quite a bit so 470,000 yeah so if if we’re getting 100,000 from the federal government as a grant and 100,000 provincial Grant That’ll substantially lower your cost of ownership yeah that’s pricey you go y they absolutely they help okay I’m here with Brian this is kind of cool
It’s an EV mobile fast charging unit so it’s a mobile battery pack that you can run around to charge things with that’s right yeah so this is uh developed engineered By Us in in Canada and we’re based out Richmond BC the parent company of this is for season technology so
We’re based out in Richmond in the beginning we were a manufacturing company uh but uh one other booth that you see here also is our evsc team which does static Chargers and we’ve we’ve been doing that since 2015 and so the past few years we’ve seen a natural
Progression of seeing that need of uh mobile charging and solutions and so we’ve been developing this so we’ve just uh come out with this actually we we first uh presented it last year uh September at the Vancouver Convention Center oh okay yeah fully charged there yeah yeah we were there okay perfect uh
So what the whole basic idea of this thing is that you got a Tesla there that runs out of juice you instead of Towing it you can run up and recharge it exactly so that that’s the actual application for it it can be for fleets as well uh and users imagine mobile
Equipment then like cuz you you see that a lot where there’s mobile excavator that are electric like excavators loaders well like that machine on site believe it or not not a lot of construction sites have three-phase fast Chargers so a solution like this you could run over and recharge that as long
As the actual setup uh you know allows for it the input um then you can do it awesome hey I like it I think it’s an cool idea being able to use the battery a big battery pack put a little charger in there and run around and recharge
Vehicles that are out of yeah seeing that we’re seeing that Evolution obviously we have some competitors of course who put you know one huge battery that’s also not a bad method to do it uh we’ve taken sort of a modular battery approach for different applications you know where you need bigger batteries
Then you can add more as long as your vehicle and and your weight a lot that that makes way more sense that that your idea makes way more sense than yeah just a giant battery pack yeah and you know to be honest the cells are bound to have
Some issues at some point if you’re doing hundreds or thousands of Cycles if you have one big battery that whole system has to come offline that’s smart easier to maintain then yeah I like that hey thanks for showing us I appreciate it nice meet you thank you all right so
This is really really cool we got invited to go on these electric tugboats apparently there was only 30 seats and we got two of them so we could check out what these things do and right now I don’t actually know anything about it so I’m going to go talk to a guy learn
About these and then we’re going to fill you in on what these tug bolts are so we found some really cool things out about this tug number one being electric had some Advantage it more torque it had higher speed and there’s some cool benefits I didn’t think of like one of
The issues was whale activity this thing is going up to quamat they got a lot of whales they’re worried about the noise it actually the sonar waves under the water impact whale activity so when they’re near a whale group or marine life they don’t need to run any diesel
Generators they can run fully on battery and it’s 10 times less disturbance for marine life when they’re nearing those sensitive areas so that’s a cool benefit of this high hybrid setup that I really think I didn’t even think of before cool thing about this Tugboat Center seating
So believe it or not you have unreal visibility with Center seating like look at the room you have and like he said before because this thing is hybrid it doesn’t need this large as large of diesel motors normally you would have large exhaust Stacks coming out the back here that you
Would not be able to see instead with a hybrid they were able to go smaller go down and you have 360 panoramic view this is very cool it’s pretty well the same as Topsy Center seating jockey seat for the passenger so these are the battery packs they are 5.3 megawatt
Hours of battery which charges in about 4 hours same thing we use in our light towers right there so we got to come down here and check out these diesel electric tugboats today and these things are really really cool they’re very similar to Topsy they can run 100% off
Their batteries but they also have two on board CAT diesel diesel generators to recharge those batteries that they’re operating in case they need their duty cycle to be longer they can run about 4 hours off their batteries which means that for 4 hours they can run totally quiet which is great in their
Application these tug bolts are up in Kat and their main job is to take those LG tankers that are coming in bring them into the harbor quietly so when they’re working around residential areas or areas where you’re worried about noise pollution they’re running totally quiet these boats are actually on right now
Well the deck hands are working and it is whisper quiet as a deck hand you can talk while you’re working to everybody else that’s going on these things are absolutely really cool oh there you go it’s pulling away and you can barely hear it so overall we had an incredible
Day at this plug-in BC event we’ve seen some really cool technology some great applications of electrification and different things that even I hadn’t thought about we’ve seen confirmation of our theory on diesel electric being used in other applications with some real world positive as results so just a fantastic
Day glad we came glad I was able to do the speech wasn’t the speech I was gonna give but I I think we made the right call for a tech company we’re not very good at Tech yeah uh good afternoon everyone uh thanks for joining us today uh you’ve
Probably um received some sort of emails for me over the past few months uh putting this together really appreciate you uh making it out there’s been a lot of electric vehicle events going on um really just uh illustrates the momentum behind all of this now I don’t want to
Do uh too much talking here because uh we’ve got um uh a guest with us today uh doing really ambitious work and uh and seeing you know Real Results out in the world so we’ve got Chase Barber here from Edison Motors um let’s just uh let’s get right
Into it uh so for the benefit of those who aren’t familiar with Edison Motors uh chase you know what is your background how did Edison come to be yeah so the background is for the last 15 years I’ve been a log truck driver me and my business partner had a few logg
And trucks low beds and basically we were looking at the electric landscape and we were thinking like man electric vehicles would make so much sense for logging in BC you’re going uphill empty and you’re coming downhill loaded but we kept looking at what all the electric trucks were out there and we’re like
This is there’s not nothing is being made for the vocational space there’s no heavy duty electric truck there’s Z them light so we said oh if I was going to build an electric truck I’d do it this way and I used Tik Tok and I
Was saying like oh I’d do it this way and finally someone said well why don’t you build your own electric truck and we said oh screw it we will and that came into this thing yeah um so uh so we’ve got a a picture up here um can you you just tell
Us a bit about this truck and uh you know what goes into building it yeah so this was our second truck we ever built uh we had a proof of concept and then we built this one which we unveiled last September and this is essentially what
Happens when you ask a bunch of loggers to build an electric truck we kind of modeled it off the old Pacific the old Haze kind of mixed with a skitter but we realized something when we were building this truck is that batteries themselves didn’t quite have
Enough range we were looking at 2 and 1 12 to 3 megaw to get a log and truck through the day that would be 50 60,000 pounds of batteries even with the regen and the slope and the coming downhill so what we did is we put a little cat C9
Diesel generator under the hood and it essentially works as way I like to say it it’s 100% electric that carries around its own onboard fast charger yeah so a very similar concept to some of the the classic early electric passenger vehicles like the the Chevrolet Volt the BMW i3 range extender
This is this is kind of what we’re looking at the diesel uh um kind of range extender in a way still a lot of batteries in it and again being built by you know truck drivers from Merit BC uh you know kind of self-made stuff here
Um so can you let’s talk a bit more about the advantage of of going with diesel and and the history behind that too because well it’s new in uh in the logging trucks it’s been around in in other applications like in Marine and trains and stuff like that so any
Inspiration that you took from those Industries yeah it has been around a long time even those tugboats that we’ve seen outside over there are diesel electric the very same principles that our truck works on and we looked at the way things were done like freight trains have been diesel electric since the
1930s and they show incredible torque incredible efficiency there’s no there’s a reason you don’t see freight trains with transmissions in them you see in the heavy equipment latero log loaders like when we were setting out we looked at what was being done and Aspen planers and Merit actually has diesel electric
Equipment hybrid equipment that was built in the 1960s they got a 67 1969 and a 19 71 and these three old 50-year-old machines that run diesel electric have been unloading two 300 loggin trucks a day for 50 years they’re incredibly fuel efficient incredibly reliable well 50 years old and just well
Put together so when we were looking for inspiration we looked at actually what was done in the past and put just a little bit of a modern twinge on it yeah to to great great effect um do you have any uh any examples of sort of the the efficiency that that people are
Getting or that your truck is getting now compared to just just being diesel or you know further advantages of of this approach yeah it uh depends how you want to measure it because they are vocational trucks it depends what slope you’re on but what we were showing with
Our first prototype there was like a 40 to 60% reduction in Fuel Economy based on what it was doing at the time now yeah if you put it just on the highways OTR truck 51% you can put it into a heavy slope login application where you’re 80% but we like to say 40
50% and I I think that’s a more realistic way to look at the transition because I think we could get full Electric in the heavy space over the next 20 30 years as Battery Technology improves grid infrastructure charging infrastructure improves we could transition to full electric but it’s not
Available for 80% of the heavy duty trucks on the market today which means that they’re stuck running what we have now which is 100% diesel but if we can cut that diesel emission by 50% instead of having a 15 lit engine like a normal loggin truck has we have a 9 lit diesel
Instead of it lugging down and revving through the RPMs it’s running at one constant RPM exactly where that little diesel motor wants to sit and that’s further reducing emissions so it’s a nice trans transitional step that we seem to be missing the transitional step to full electric cuz I think we could
Get there I think it’s worthwhile looking into but I think you need to take the steps you need to take rather than just going 100% diesel to 100% Bev let’s look at some hybrid options let’s get that diesel smaller get the diesel more efficient as Battery Technology gets better and better that onboard
Diesel range extender can get smaller as hydrogen fuel cells become more cost effective yank the diesel out put a little fuel sell in the inverters don’t care where they get the power from yeah um it is amazing that there’s this is kind of the first application of
Like diesel hybrid that’s nuts right in trucking yeah it kind kind of blows my mind since we’ve had hybrids in other applications for so long and for for other Industries too for so long yeah this is literally we built the first diesel electric truck think globally at
Least definitely in North America and we have the only diesel electric hybrid option like we have the only real hybrid truck how did this take a bunch of loggers out of Merit to come up with a hybrid like that that should have happened before us come on yeah and and
Uh you know so some some loggers in Merit uh figuring this out themselves uh can you talk a little bit about the components that you use sort of offthe shelf stuff that you’re putting this together with that’s what I’m proud at is that the reason we
Were able to build this truck the way we did is that we used those common offthe shelf Parts we’d look at what had been done like if hybrid and Diesel electric had been around since the 1930s that means that those parts have been produced since the 1930s we didn’t try and reinvent the
Wheel build our own custom parts we went down to the local hardware stores the local electrical stores truck parts and we grabb the parts off the shelf as many as we Poss possibly could that’s what let us actually build this truck in a well essentially a dirt Field behind my
Parents house like we were working with very little so we used what we had but it made an incredibly efficient truck and we found out like yeah turns out we blew a couple things up during testing some DC to DCS we fried uh turns out we
Figured out what the max voltage is but because we used more common off the shelf we could hey what do you got in sock okay can you send me another one tomorrow yeah yeah I blew it up all right but that means it our customers have these trucks they’re not relying on
A massive Logistics network of where’s Edison’s inverter oh well this is the company I bought it from just call them they’ll send you the inverter oh what about those contactors oh they’re just standard gigavac off-the-shelf contactors oh what about the brake pot well that’s a standard 3030 brake poot
CBS has got them in stock we didn’t need to reinvent the wheel we just took what existed and we ended up with a very reliably very reliable very Simply Built piece of equipment for Built For What loggers want yeah it’s uh I mean I I used to use
A lot of off-the-shelf components and in various Technologies and my my previous roles and that that was the exact ideas so that people can you know replace Parts easily is more like Computer Applications you were telling me like what uh instead of 100,000 custom you
Were able to do one for like three grand we using off the shelf yeah yeah just you know I used to build these computer kiosks for visitor centers and uh you know found that I could do it for a couple thousand doar using off-the-shelf components instead of uh but you have to
Have the know how you have to have have some staff who who are uh uh comfortable with it um oh 100% we do have some one of the nice things that Edison went we went a little viral on social media I want to say that it’s not just us we’ve
Had over 130 people working on this truck experts and everything that just reached out it’s really been a Grassroots Community project um aside from this truck what else are you working on because you’ve got a bunch of projects on the go we got the semi- TRU so we sold the first few
Four or five semi- trucks and we came out with a pickup truck version that’s the same retrofit you can just retrofit it into existing we use the same batteries same inverter we realized we could use all the same Parts the only thing that’s different is that the motor
On a pickup truck instead of using six inverters we’ll use two inverters instead of six batteries we’ll use two batteries and we could come come out the same thing because we had so many people that they wanted that hybrid technology they were looking at that vocational thing like things like welding trucks
Service trucks nobody was making electric vehicles that could go welding on the pipeline but these welders were reaching out to us and they’re like well I want to run an electric welder I I run two diesel engines all day it’s nuts I run a diesel engine in my pickup then I
Run another diesel engine on the welder and they got two diesel engines idling for 12 14 hours a day why don’t we just put a little diesel on there that recharges the battery and then runs an electric welder so we okay that’s what they wanted that’s what we’ll
Build yeah right on I it’s uh yeah great to see all these these applications out there um when you say people are coming to you for these these custom jobs it’s like what what is your capacity to to fulfill those eight trucks we we’re doing eight I’m uh I’m a firm believer
That too many startup EV companies try and R do fast let’s just Build 8 to 10 we’ll build them slowly we’ll do them right make sure they work and then we’ll scale up right on yeah um we are uh we’re about time for this presentation uh Chase um looking to the Future
Anything uh anything you you want to say about kind of your your vision for the the future of uh electric Trucking H vision for the future I I want to see more hybrid and I want to see see less planned obsolescence more right to repair you can there’s very few
Moving Parts on electric vehicle there’s no reason that electric vehicles can’t be simple easy to work on easy to repair I want to see that going forward I want to see the small shops still be able to work on electric vehicles I want to see the owner operator loggers still be able
To pull some wrenches without getting too crazy on these things and it’s I’m seeing a trend away from that small shop the owner operator repair seeing $1,800 headlights and you’re seeing that with this electric well the the needlessly complicated you can’t work on itself doesn’t need to go into
The electric spot if a lero from the 1960s can be Simply Built electric vehicles can be too i’ I’d like to see that Trend keep going right on uh I think that’s a good place for us to end here transition into the next speakers thank you everyone for coming and thank
You Chase for medicine Motors you bet thanks
Join us on an exciting journey at the Zero Emissions Fleet Event where we delve into the latest advancements in commercial electric technology in BC. We’re thrilled to be part of this event with Edison Motors playing a key role.
In this video, we explore the fascinating world of electric utility vehicles, particularly focusing on the Mighty Truck, a robust electric utility truck proudly made in Canada. We take you through its simple yet effective design, emphasizing its easy repairability and classic North American ‘right to repair’ approach. Witness the Mighty Truck’s practical features, from standard truck parts to its rugged steel structure, making it an ideal work truck.
We also explore a range of electric vehicles used in various sectors, from municipalities to farming, highlighting their efficiency and low maintenance. Join us as we check out the impressive Peterbilt 579 EV and discover its unique features, from a robust charging port to essential safety information for first responders.
Experience the thrill of testing the Mean Green Machine, an unexpectedly powerful electric vehicle, and learn about its diverse applications.
Plus, get insights into innovative mobile electric charging solutions and the latest electric tug boats demonstrating a quiet, efficient approach to marine transportation.
Our visit to the event includes an insightful presentation by Chase Barber from Edison Motors, sharing the fascinating story behind Edison Motors, their approach to electric vehicle design, and the future of electric trucking.
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20:40 – 34:01 Chace Barber Talk
🚚 Edison Motors: By Truckers, For Truckers! 🚚
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🔧 Built by Truckers, for Truckers 🔧
Founded by Chace Barber and Eric Little in 2016, Edison Motors is a testament to the trucking spirit. Beginning with a 1969 Kenworth Logging Truck named “Old Blue,” they journeyed from Merritt, BC, hauling logs to the Yukon and drilling rigs in Alberta. Frustrated with newer trucks, they rebuilt classics from the frame up, expanding into power generation and off-grid solar systems in 2019. Their journey led to the creation of the Edison Truck, a robust electric truck tailored to logging and heavy vocational industries.
🔩 Upgrade Without Replacing: Edison Electrification Kit 🔩
Keep trucks on the road longer with the Edison Electrification kit. Upgrade your driveline to electric without replacing the entire truck. Ideal for vocational applications, this kit is a cost-effective solution. Unlike other electric trucks, Edison Motors offers customer choice. Choose between Rebuilding (utilizing existing cab and frame rails) or Remanufacturing (brand new frame and chassis).
🚚 Payload Efficiency: The Weight Balance 🚚
Edison Trucks match the weight of a normal diesel truck. With reduced motor weight and additional fuel balancing out battery weight, experience efficiency and increased payload capacity. The L series, though slightly heavier, remains comparable to a normal diesel truck.
🛠️ Keep Your Equipment with Rebuilt Trucks 🛠️
For vocational trucks, keep your equipment with a rebuilt truck. Edison’s e-pto and control system integrate seamlessly. No need to replace your entire body when upgrading to an electric truck.
🔧 Bespoke Manufacturing: Handcrafted to Your Needs 🔧
The manufacturing process at Edison Motors is a testament to their commitment to customer satisfaction. Each Edison Truck undergoes a meticulous five-step process, from frame and rolling chassis preparation to final touches and rigorous testing. The focus is on building a truck that reflects the customer’s requirements, embracing the philosophy of “Building The Truck Of The Future With The Quality Of The Past.”
🔌 Electric or Diesel-Electric: Your Power, Your Choice 🔌
Edison Motors offers both fully electric and diesel-electric vocational trucks based on customer demands. The onboard generator ensures continuous operation in areas lacking charging infrastructure.
🌿 Environmental Benefits: Paving the Way fo
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