Sysco orders 800 all-electric Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 tractors

Delivery will be complete in about six years

for fleets that do city PnD and return to the same terminal every night the electrics might be a viable , albeit expensive alternative to diesel
I’m sure the fedgov is throwing all kinds of tax credits to them for doing it .

 

I read somewhere those electric Freightshakers have up to 40,000 lb-ft of torque. That's insane.

 

Sysco!!

 

I am sure they will be turned down by the big fleets' laptops to around 1200 lbs ft or less if pulling light or LTL. Last day as a company puke they came to the fuel pumps in the yard and said they gave me an additional 400 lft pounds of torque. I said thanks that might had helped pulling your crappy paper loads up the mountains. Still didn't care never looked back been O/O since.

 

Are they delivered with an electric co-driver too?
I wouldn't be surprised to hear about Erika the Freightliner digital assistant.
Bitte Erika, lass mich fahren. Jawohl, Mein Herr.
We live in interesting times.

 

For that torque they'll need some very special made tires.
Mucho pesos, I guess.

 

Once they start charging carbon credits for owning a diesel companies will be lining up.

 

Is that the same actress from the Orville?