The JETSI project is a landmark initiative that will deploy 100 Class 8 battery-electric trucks (BETs) across Southern California to demonstrate strategies to successfully scale market penetration of zero emission technologies.
JETSI project partners — including NFI, Schneider, Daimler Trucks North America, and Volvo Trucks North America — announce the collaborative project at a Southern California media event.
A two-page PDF summary of the JETSI project, suitable for printing on one piece of paper
JETSI is the largest commercial deployment of battery-electric trucks in North America to date.
Whittier Daily News | With an increasing number of fleets in California transitioning to battery-electric trucks, Velocity and other area dealerships are adding positions in maintenance and repair to ensure a smooth operation of electric trucks and charging infrastructure and have partnered with schools such as Rio Hondo.
With the battery-electric vehicle maintenance industry expected to have a 17% growth in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, many fleets, vehicle manufacturers, and dealerships are looking for talent found in the Automotive Technology program at San Bernardino Valley College (SBVC).
Canary Media | JETSI project trucks at Schneider start to share range data via NACFE’s Run-on-Less Electric Depot event, plus data on Volvo and other truck brands.
JETSI project partners are collaborating to help the freight logistics industry move beyond small pilot projects for Class 8 BETs and demonstrate how they can be deployed successfully at scale.
JETSI is jointly financed by California Air Resources Board and California Energy Commission ($26.98 million), MSRC ($8 million), and South Coast AQMD ($5.4 million), with an additional $21.7 million from Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Southern California Edison, NFI, and Schneider. JETSI is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment, particularly in disadvantaged communities.
