CALIFORNIA STATE EDITION
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April 9 2023 Vol. IV • No. 8
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Volvo, Greg Rents Answer SoCal’s Power Restrictions Greg Rents, an Oak View Calif., rental company, recently added a Volvo ECR 25 electric excavator to its growing fleet. This marked the first sale of an electric mini-excavator sold to an independent rental company in California and was the first retail unit sold by Volvo Construction Equipment & Services (VCES). “I bought the electric vehicle to cater to municipalities and homeowners in the Ojai Valley that have ordinances for no gas-powered equipment,” said Greg Webster, a 6th generation Ventura County businessman and owner of Greg Rents. Webster received the unit at the start of the slow season — the end of September — and with the rain that California has received over the past few months, it’s been a slow start for renting it out. He did have a masonry con- Ed Galindo, e-mobility product manager of Volvo Construction Equipment and Services (VCES), and Greg Webster, owner of Greg Rents in tractor use it to build a footing Oak View, Calif., with the first electric mini-excavator sold to an independent rental company in California and the first retail unit sold by VCES. for a large block wall. Everyone was “buzzing about it,” according to Webster. “will walk customers through the proper way to do it. This Webster “appreciates the relationship that he has developed “The contractor loved it, but struggled a little bit plugging it will save people a ton of time. So, at the end of the day, they with Ed Galindo, e-mobility product manager, and believes in, mostly because people weren’t following proper proce- can pull up the video and find out quickly what they need to that VCES is a leader in the industry because it has a dedido to properly charge the vehicle,” Webster said. cated e-mobility product manager. dure.” This was the first piece of equipment purchased from Galindo is seeing “more electric machines that have sold To combat this, Webster is putting a QR code on his see GREG page 4 machines that will take people to his YouTube channel and VCES, but it has opened the door to much more business.
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