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"Australian diesel-to-electric truck conversion Janus Electric has landed its
second major order in a week, with new contracts worth around $45 million
adding another 67 truck conversions to its order book in north America, taking
its total number to 112.
The company said the new orders come from four California-based fleets – Golden
State Express, Tradelink Transport , and King Fio Trucking and Wehaco – and
will more than quadruple its order book from 20 to 87 conversions.
They follow a $10 million order for 16 conversions from Ability Tri-Modal that
was announced earlier this week. It has another 25 orders in Canada.
The California order book has been enabled by generous incentives at state and
local levels that effectively reduce the net cost of a a Janus conversion to
near zero, and with other support that reduce the cost of battery swaps and
charging stations.
The new customer serve the freight and port drayage market in Los Angeles and
Long Beach and Janus says it validates its business model. Tradelink and King
Fio already have established electric truck fleets and are taking 27 conversion
kits and 33 swappable batteries between them.
It also holds promise for the future, given that both Golden State Express and
Wehaco (who are ordering 20 conversion kits each and 22 swappable batteries)
are led by Fred Johring, one of the founding members of the Harbor Trucking
Association whose members collectively operate more than 33,500 trucks."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
