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Work Truck Week 2022 to Feature Ride, Drive Vehicles, Green Truck Summit As Work Truck Week 2022 approaches, NTEA is amping up news around electrification and advanced technologies at the event — announcing 19 vehicles available in Ride & Drive, adding a Green Truck Summit session on electric vehicle upfitting, and sharing that General Motors and Chevrolet will showcase the first-ever 2024 Silverado EV all-electric pickup truck on the Work Truck Show exhibit floor. Work Truck Week is scheduled March 8 to 11, 2022, at Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind. Green Truck Summit, a full-day program focused on clean energy trends for commercial vehicles, is March 8. Education sessions run March 8 to 10, and the Work Truck Show exhibit hall is open March 9 to 11. Event attendees can experience 19 commercial vehicles with the latest advanced technologies, sustainability offerings and alternative fuel applications during the Work Truck Week Ride & Drive, March 9 and 10. Participating companies include sponsor Allison Transmission, BrightDrop, Clean Fuels Alliance America, Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, Electric Last Mile Solutions, Freightliner Custom Chassis, GreenPower Motor Company, International Truck, Kenworth Truck Company, Lightning eMotors, The Lion Electric Co., Peterbilt Motors Company, SEA Electric LLC, Workhorse and XL Fleet. Featured vehicles incorporate technology that helps
reduce fuel use, greenhouse gas emissions or particulate matter and include a range of powertrains, including electric, biodiesel and plug-in hybrid. Full details about the vehicles and technology can be found at worktruckweek.com/rideanddrivevehicles. Ride & Drive is free to all registered attendees on a firstcome, first-served basis and includes opportunities to drive many of the vehicles on city streets. A new general session, Upfitting Electric Vehicles: Work Truck Industry Challenges and Opportunities, has been added to Green Truck Summit. During the session — moderated by John Davis, creator, host and executive producer of MotorWeek — representatives from Adrian Steel Company, Altec Inc. and Freightliner Trucks will discuss how electric vehicles are impacting commercial vehicle chassis, body and equipment development. Making its first appearance at a commercial truck industry trade show, the 2024 Silverado EV all-electric full size pickup truck is sure to draw a crowd to the Chevrolet Commercial Vehicles booth (#1829). General Motors designed the truck from the ground up on its Ultium Platform. Chevrolet is one of more than 20 electric vehicle manufacturers exhibiting at Work Truck Week alongside upfitters, modifiers and component/equipment suppliers. Registration is required to attend Green Truck Summit and access the Work Truck Show exhibit hall. For more information and to register, visit worktruckweek.com.
New Terra EV Electric Haul Unit Now Available With Autonomous Systems ELECTRIC from page 61
for on and off-highway are working towards greener solutions with more urgency than ever before. Federal and state-level governments also are incentivizing green technology to help with the high cost of development. Credits for carbon tax and grants for purchase can significantly impact an operation’s decision to invest now for the future. Terra EV is currently working with a select group of partners to expand and vet the product line. “The TS-80e is slated to go for operational trials to validate our power usage calculations. We are confident the equipment will do the job as planned, and we pride ourselves on our simulation tools that are validated against real world scenarios. We have multiple units in the field that we have proven our simulation results against, and we always take the opportunity to get accurate numbers in a real-life application under full load,” said Rennie. “Pricewise, the TS-80e is already very competitive with conventional haul trucks with similar capaci-
ties. This gap narrows even further as we develop larger units. “We are working on the development of new TS models that can haul up to 200-ton payloads, and that is very exciting for the group. The more weight we haul with a tractor trailer configuration, the more competitive we are against today's large conventional haul units,” said Lovell. Optimizing With Autonomous Systems The all-electric Terra EV unit also can operate autonomously. Autonomous haul technology adds a whole new world of efficiency to all-electric haul processes. New autonomous systems now available on the market can be easily installed on the Terra EV unit and have been successfully running on Western Star conventional diesel units for more than two years. In addition to offsetting the staffing required at the loading and unloading locations, the autonomous systems have other benefits such as being able to continuously monitor the electrical
power systems and react to changing needs of the electrical systems and haul route. With this continual feedback and adjustment loop, the battery energy is maximized and allows the truck to go farther with less energy loss. Operators add a tremendous amount of variation to the operations. Using more power during the haul and sitting and waiting at the unload station is inefficient using diesel or electric methods. Autonomous systems know exactly where all the other units are and will pace the haul trip accordingly. The systems also can repeat the haul route precisely, allowing for exact placement at the charging station on each pass. Automated systems also eliminate an operator's chances to pull away too soon or wait too long at the charging station. The culmination of these technological developments simultaneously makes all-electric hauling a reality today, and the new TS-80e. For more information visit sidedump.com, terra-ev.com and medatech.ca.
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