Source: The Press Enterprise
You might not see the difference in NFI’s new trucks. But you can definitely hear it.
Compared to a diesel engine’s growl, the electric-powered trucks’ whirling fans were barely audible above conversations that took place Tuesday, Feb. 27, at an event celebrating NFI’s emission-free truck fleet, charging stations and maintenance shop in Ontario.
Subsidized by an alliance of state government, pollution-fighting regulators and others, officials hope the 50 trucks, along with the chargers and maintenance bay, herald a new era of battery-fueled big rigs ferrying goods without belching toxic exhaust.
The partnership’s “enthusiasm and commitment have been indispensable and together, we are revolutionizing the trucking industry and paving the way towards a cleaner, more sustainable future,” Jim O’Leary, NFI vice president of fleet services, said at Tuesday’s event.
